Baseball, our national pastime. The home our deepest passion electrified. The long ball is the stuff myths and from the emergence of a Bunyanesque figure named Babe Ruth at the dawn of the century, to the tremendous displays of power by two modern players, Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa, as they battled for the coveted home run record at the end of the century. Going, Going, Gone... captures the magnificent history of the home run in original essays by award-winning writers who have spanned the history of America's favorite Leonard Koppett describes the evolution of the home Ray Robinson chronicles some of the most dramatic, game-winning home runs of all time; the late Ed Linn takes us inside three memorable home run seasons; Robert Creamer profiles Babe Ruth; Donald Honig details the exploits of Hank and the Berry Stainback recounts the feats of the elite group of men who surpassed 500 or more home runs in their careers.