Montreal Gazette gets Root story right in 2011 World Series preview: Della Root Arnold, Charlie Root's daughter, is struggling in poor health after a recent stroke. But her greatest hope about this book is coming true with recent news stories before this year's World Series.

She has spent her life trying to set baseball history straight about the one pitch her father threw to Babe Ruth in the 1932 World Series. A Canadian newspaper gets it right about this infamous moment in the history of the American pastime.

The Montreal Gazette quotes from my interview with Della about Charlie's final words; he knew the myth of that one pitch would overshadow the truth and his entire career of 201 wins, the most for the Chicago Cubs by any pitcher.

Video interview with Della on this same topic: Hear Della's own words as she tearfully recounts in this video interview with me three years ago about that pitch to Babe Ruth in the 1932 World Series. Make sure to watch all the way to the end at 2 minutes and 30 seconds. See You Tube video and understand why Della makes the book a "baseball love story."

MLB ignores history, shoots fake scene

After watching Della's emotional ending on the video above, then take a look at this travesty from Major League Baseball -- their own recreation of the "called shot," which aired on the MLB network on April 23, 2009. The only fake footage was Ruth's point toward centerfield. If MLB wanted to get it right, why didn't they pay Kirk Kandle for the rights to show the entire at bat as it appears on film? Here's the link to MLB.com and the outrageous reason why Root cannot live down one pitch from 1932.

Second Della video tells only time she ever saw her father break down

Charlie Root started the 1929 season with the Chicago Cubs hiding a secret threatening his career. Never-reported details are told by Della in this video interview and are an important disclosure in the book. Click here to go to the You Tube video.

Barnes & Noble has decided to carry the book nationally, and it all started with a store manager in a Chicago suburb who pulled the book through the system. Book signings are being planned for the summer at Chicago-area Barnes & Nobles.

You can also order directly from this site for a signed first edition from the author for $17 plus $3 shipping. The book also is offered at Amazon.com. Details on wholesale discounts for retailers is at the "How to Order" button.

Feedback from Cub fans, baseball historians, and reporters has been pleasantly surprising in this first month on the market. My favorite comment is from a reporter who called this a "love story and not just a baseball book" and said Charlie Root's wife, Dorothy, emerges as the heroine of the book. Dorothy stood by Charlie in his minor league days when he was mocked by his father for pursuing a child's game and she was steadfastly behind him when he thought his career was over at the start of the 1929 season. Charlie and Dorothy (left) are shown dancing in the Casino ballroom at Catalina Island during spring training.

The book begins in 1929 with machine gun fire at a warehouse just blocks from Wrigley Field on the same day the players are boarding the train for spring training. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre happened just three hours before the players started their journey.

Another marketing surprise for me is that women are the predominant buyers, wishing to have autographs directed to sons, husbands or fathers as gifts.

The key Cub gift and souvenir shops immediately surrounding Wrigley Field said they will stock the book throughout the season.

Book events also are planned for July 10-11 at the Louisville Slugger Museum. Several other book stores are making tentative plans.

Click the "News and Reviews" button to see the first round of news stories about the book, the "called shot", Charlie Root's daughter, Della, and the author.

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