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Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created pearlstein A fun way to rememberHe lived in the present tensein the cameras lens. There was no frame he couldnt or wouldnt fill. He swung the heaviest bat, earned the most money, and incurred the biggest fines. Aided by his crucial partnership with Christy Walsh, his business manager and surrogate father, Ruth drafted the blueprint for modern athletic stardom. His was a life of journeys and itinerariesfrom uncouth to couth, spartan to spendthrift, abandoned to abandon; from