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Jane Leavy has established herself as the preeminent baseball biographer with best sellers about the lives of legends Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Sandy Koufax.  Now she takes the role of Commissioner of the game she loves and provides insights about how she believes America’s Pastime can become even greater.  ...

Myths die hard. Just as George Washington‘s false teeth weren’t wooden after all (the story is a bit nastier), common beliefs about Babe Ruth have persisted for decades. In the acclaimed The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World he Created (HarperCollins, 620pps, $32.50), Jane Leavy delves deeper into the Babe’s early ...