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Babe Ruth legend still haunts the memory of Charlie Root PDF Print E-mail

Daughter Della Root Arnold tearfully recounts how one pitch to Babe Ruth unfairly overshadowed father Charlie Root's career of 201 wins, most for the Chicago Cubs by any pitcher. 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.

 
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