BABE RUTH & THE 1927 YANKEES HAVE THE BEST SUMMER EVER - Tecno-Libro

it s the best time ever in America. The booze is flowing, the flappers are frisky, and anybody can make a killing on the market. Things look bad for the Yankees though. Ahead by ten games with a month to go in 26 they limped to the finish line and won by two. Their top four pitchers won just six of their last twenty-five starts. Most writers pick Connie Mack s A s to win it all. They have the best young pitcher and catcher in baseball and now they have Ty Cobb too. . Miller Huggins doesn t have much faith in Horse Nose Collins or Nig Grabowski and his other catcher Googles Bengough has a sore arm. Biscuit Pants Gehrig is still clumsy at first, the second baseman has seizures, the shortstop leads the league in errors, and the third baseman s so banged up he ll be lucky to play. The centerfielder has a weak arm, the left fielder s guilty of indifferent play, and the right fielder is 32 and the weakest hitter on the team as the season begins. The no