The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It, Paperback/Lawrence S. Ritter

Baseball was different in earlier days--tougher, rawer, more intimate--when giants like Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb ran the bases. In the monumental classic The Glory of Their Times , the golden era of our national pastime comes alive through the vibrant words of those who played and lived the game.