From lawrence ritter the image of their greatness the 100 greatest baseball players of all time comes one of the bestselling most acclaimed sports books of all time the glory of their times now a harper perennial modern classicbaseball was different in earlier days tougher rawer more intimate when giants like babe ruth and ty cobb ran the bases. This new enlarged edition of the glory of their times contains the complete text and all the photographs that were in the original book published in 1966 plus for the first time the first person stories of four additional major league players george gibson babe herman specs toporcer and hall of famer hank greenberg. The glory of their times the story of the early days of baseball told by the men who played it is a 1966 book edited by lawrence ritter telling the stories of early 20th century baseball it is widely acclaimed as one of the great books written about baseball. In the monumental classic the glory of their times the golden era of our national pastime comes alive through the vibrant words of those who played and lived the game originally published in 1966 the glory of their times tells the stories of early 20th century baseball and is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest books written about the sport now available as a harper perennial modern . The glory of their times the story of baseball told by the men who played it books amazonca