“No recurring event in American sports has ever captured the public’s imagination like the home run. And no athlete has ever quite matched the home run hitter in terms of fan fascination. From the Olympian Babe Ruth to the everyman Roger Maris to the tragically flawed Barry Bonds, baseball fans have treated the home run and the players who hit ... Read morethem in record numbers as the apotheosis of baseball. Eldon Ham has explored the origins and development of the ‘home run mystique’ and the reason why it gained such an exalted place in American popular culture. Part cultural history and part meditation on the deepest meaning of baseball, All the Babe’s Men provides a provocative interpretation of the national pastime’s signature event.”—J. Gordon Hylton, professor of law, Marquette University, and former director, National Sports Law Institute “As a historian and law professor, Eldon Ham is uniquely positioned to show us why the home run has always meant something beyond the box score—and why it always will. All the Babe’s Men will prove both entertaining and informative for baseball fans, sports professionals, and history buffs alike.”—Stephen Veltman, player representative and general counsel, SFX Baseball Group Show Less