Nov 13, Ryan Winkworth rated it it was amazing. A really good book! May 09, Bowen Li rated it it was amazing. This is my third choice book fourth quarter. The main character is Joe. Joe's dad loved baseball cards and always showed them to Joe. One night, Joe found out that baseball cards are kind of magical by holding a baseball card.
Joe was scared of baseball cards and put his hands off the baseball card. One day, Joe was brave enough to even hold a baseball card for a long time then, it made Joe turn back to the time the baseball card is in and Joe told his dad about this.
Joe played baseball one day This is my third choice book fourth quarter. Joe played baseball one day and he was pretty good at it even though he got out once. Later, Joe wanted to see Babe Ruth and asked his dad that if his dad allows Joe to turn back time with a card to when Babe Ruth was still alive.
Joe's dad agreed. One day, Joe's dad decided to turn back time to Joe held the Babe Ruth card and Joe's dad told Joe to close his eyes. Joe fell asleep and the next day he was not in his house anymore, instead he was siting outside in Joe and his dad looked around, they say that is was a big city and thought they were in Chicago. Then, a newsboy came over and showed them a news article. The newsboy didn't answer and Joe's dad assumed that it's New York. Joe and his dad walked around to find Babe but didn't find Babe.
Joe and his dad saw depressed people and realized that it was the time of depression. People were depressed and some were arguing about how to get rid of the depression and make America better. Police came and at first didn't work but then they shot a gun which made it work.
Joe and Joe's dad walked and walked. All of sudden, Joe sees people gather around a place. Joe looked more closely and he sees Babe! Joe told his dad that there is Babe and they stopped to see Babe. People asked Babe to sign a signature to them. Joe and his dad wanted a signature from Babe but they were too shy to come up. Joe say a signature of Babe on the floor and grabbed it. A man saw it and said that it's his son's. The man took out his knife and pointed it at Joe. Then, the man's kid came and said that Joe could take it.
Joe gave the signature of Babe to the man and the man put his pistol away. Later Babe's servant called Joe over and told him that Babe can give as many signatures for Joe.
Babe's servant said that Joe can come over to Babe's house on seventy sixth street. Joe came over to Babe's house and Babe gave Joe signatures on papers and signed balls for Joe. Joe promised not to let Babe sign any more things. Babe came over to the sick kid's house and gave a signature to the sick kid. Later, Babe wanted to give Joe's dad a hundred dollars but Joe's dad didn't want it, instead, he wanted two game tickets to see the baseball game. Joe's dad also wanted Babe to take them to the train.
Babe took Joe and Joe's dad to the train station. Joe and Joe's dad got lost but found each other. Babe, Joe, and Joe's dad went on the train and rode the train for hours. After the train arrived, there was people waiting for Babe. Later, A sick kid's dad asked for a signature of Babe and the sick kid's dad told Babe to come over to his house. At the game, Joe and his dad got lost but later, they found each other.
Afterwards, the game began. Joe's dad wanted to tell Franklin Roosevelt that German will attack Jews. Roosevelt's security guards thought Joe's dad had weapons in his bag and wanted Roosevelt's security guards wanted to search the bag but Joe's dad said that he doesn't have weapons in the bag.
Roosevelt's security thought Joe's dad was going to do something bad to Roosevelt and took Joe's dad away. Babe's team, the Yankees was winning. Babe called a shot and Joe caught the ball even when he was sitting on the bleachers. The Yankees won. Joe was worried where his dad is but later Joe's dad got back. Joe's dad said that Roosevelt's security guard just questioned him and took his bag Babe played baseball the next day. Later, Joe and his dad turned back to regular time and Joe played baseball.
Joe was getting better at baseball. Joe Stoshack is a boy that is a passionate baseball fan, he studies the old players and knows all the best legends about them.
He also has the skill of being able to take a baseball card of an old player and somehow channel energy that allows him to travel back in time. To return, he uses a card of a modern player. When he travels back in time, he is automatically sent to a location very close to where the players are in physical and temporal space. In this story, Joe is fascinated by the lege Joe Stoshack is a boy that is a passionate baseball fan, he studies the old players and knows all the best legends about them.
In this story, Joe is fascinated by the legend of Babe Ruth in the third game of the World Series between the Yankees and the Cubs. According to the story, Babe openly pointed to centerfield moments before he hit the ball to that spot. This legend is a fabrication, every player present said that Babe was being heckled by the Cubs bench and held up one or two fingers and said that he only had two strikes on him or that he had one strike left.
His fingers just happened to be pointing that direction. Joe decides that he wants to attend the game and see the action for himself. His parents are aware of his unique talent, so his dad decides to go with him.
Unfortunately, his father spoils much of the story by turning greedy in trying to deposit money so it will draw interest for nearly seventy years, get the Babe to autograph a bag full of baseballs for resale when they return to their own time and to gamble on the known outcome of the series. Babe Ruth is depicted as an incredibly generous and often irresponsible person. He was in the later stages of his career during this timeframe, when he was overweight and struggled in the field.
In many ways he was also sad, reflecting on his childhood when he was abandoned by his father. Some history is also injected into the story as there is the backdrop of the rise of Adolph Hitler to the leadership of Germany. If you understand the legend of Babe Ruth and how famous he was when he played, then you will understand all aspects of the story. Absent that, you may need to do some supplemental reading. Even though there are modern superstars of sports, none has yet to achieve the incredible fame that was the Babe Ruth persona.
Mar 08, Jalen Tabaczka rated it it was amazing. My personal opinions on this book were great! I think that with all the cool things the characters do in the story like travel back in time. They use baseball cards. They grow together. The funny thing is that it's a father and son trip. They use baseball cards to travel back in time and they meet Babe Ruth.
They go to see if Babe called his most famous home run shot or not. What they find out will blow your mind. They do have some problems along the line but it makes it way more interesting. This book was my favorite book that I've ever read. I'm not lying either, this book pulled me in and made me actually believe like I was there.
The figurative language that is used throughout the story is amazing. Also, the way they overcome stuff is also just really cool. The way that his dad and the kid interact from never talking and having to rely on each other is something none of us do nowadays if somebody makes a mistake we hate them forever.
They get to meet Babe Ruth and they do a lot of risky stuff. If they forget the card they can be left there forever and never see today's world again. If you like sports and Fiction books that really pull you in, I consider trying this one out. It is really about baseball so if you understood baseball you would really understand the book. So , if you think this book is for you, try it and I promise you won't regret it. Apr 24, Andrew Galit rated it it was amazing Shelves: choice-books.
Choice book 2 Quarter 4 Babe and me by Dan Gutman is a historical fiction book that takes place when babe called the shot.
The main problem is that the main character Joey wants to find out if babe called the shot or not in a certain part of the baseball game in Chicago. The main characters are Joey and his dad. Joey is the main character you see throughout the book. He also had a mother. When ever he touches old baseball cards he can go back in time to see it happen. Joey's dad is another main cha Choice book 2 Quarter 4 Babe and me by Dan Gutman is a historical fiction book that takes place when babe called the shot.
Joey's dad is another main character that you see a little later after the start. All he wants is a lot of money. The thesis is thesis is that you could get what you want, but you may have to make some sacrafices in order to do that. Dad got babe Ruth to sigh 75 baseballs but when he tried to tell the president about something, they got confiscated for it could be weapons.
When babe hit that homer, he called the shot and Dad got that ball, but when Joey was heading back home and a baseball went to him, he switched the balls so Joey had the non-homer ball. Even though babe forgot how a man was going to kill him and mistakes the boy for saving his life, he signed the 75 baseballs.
My favorite part of the book is when Babe called the shot of where he would hit the homer. I would recommend this book to people who like baseball and like it says on top of the book, if you like collecting baseball cards. This book did feel complete. Another one of my favorite parts is when he was kind and gave the homer ball to the kids playing. Dec 03, Caleb Ensminger rated it it was amazing Shelves: dr-smith-s-children-s-lit.
This book is the 3rd book in this baseball card series. In this book and young boy named Joe Stoschack really want to know if Babe Ruth called his shot before hitting his home run in the World Series. Joe is able to use his Babe Ruth baseball card to go back in time and meet Babe Ruth.
Joe takes his father back in time with them and they have a few meetings with Ruth. During one of these encounters Ruth gives Joe and his father tickets to see the World Series.
Joe finally had the oppor This book is the 3rd book in this baseball card series. Joe finally had the opportunity to see if Babe Ruth really called his shot or not. This was a book that I really enjoyed reading as a middle schooler, and honestly I even liked reading it at 20 years old. I was so engaged to this book and everything it because I am such a big baseball fan and it displays baseball history so well.
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Series: An Avon Camelot book. Allow this favorite library to be seen by others Keep this favorite library private. Save Cancel. Find a copy in the library Finding libraries that hold this item With their ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe and his father have the opportunity to find out whether Babe Ruth really did call his shot when he hit that homerun in the third game of the World Series against the Chicago Cubs.
Reviews User-contributed reviews Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. Be the first. Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. Tags Add tags for "Babe and me". He was playing for Tampa…. Grown men traveled for days to get a chance to be part of what became much more than just a team, a brotherhood. Russell grew up playing the game under Lefty Gomez and Joe DiMaggio, eventually ended his career after getting hit in the head with a line drive.
After realizing his baseball career was over he packed up and headed for Hollywood. I had no idea how I was supposed to hit a ball that was flying through the air. I grabbed a helmet that was clearly too small for my overly large head, and headed up to the plate. The pitcher wound up, and chucked the ball towards me.
I swung, and ended up swinging as the ball passed me. Barry Bonds, with the help of a couple other notable home run hitters, reeled in fans across the nation to watch them play and hit home runs. With this tactic coaches, across the MLB, hoped for their first three batters to get on base to get into scoring position. The plane was delayed an extra thirty minutes because it was raining like a hurricane in Boston.
When the plane finally alighted to the ground, I took off the plane like a bullet. I was so excited! We got our luggage and had to get to our hotel because the game was that night! We got into a taxi and he drove us to our hotel, The Doubletree.
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