The Glory Of Their Times Summary

First of all I had a really enjoyable time reading the book, The Glory of Their Times, written by Lawrence S. Ritter. This book was simply about the author recording the memories of baseball players from the early 1900s etc. I’ve learned a lot from this book, it showed me that there is always a way to achieve your goal no matter who are you are and what you do. Some of the players had even gone through the Progressive Era, which was a time of social activism and political reform in the U.S. and to see the ball players go through it and struggle, really opened my eyes. Another major issue that most of the players faced was The Great Depression. The Great Depression was the largest economic stock market crash in history. The owners would fear this because they …show more content…
One of the players I found interesting was Rube Marquard. I found him interesting because the thought of his dad not being able to believe in his son of making it in the pros. His dad was really focused on his education but not really focused on his goals and aspirations of the future. Rube’s dad would even get angry if Rube mentioned baseball. Rube was so passionate on being a professional ball player he decided to run away from home and go to play in a state league in Waterloo Iowa to show off what he has to offer. The state league needed a good left handed pitcher, that's where Rube came in. After all the games he had proven himself, he was with the pros. And after one of the games he had played, his father came to visit to see how his son was doing. Rube wasn't too excited to see him just because his father had put him down about baseball; and for him to come to his game as a professional ball player made Rube upset. I picked him as my favorite because he never gave up on his dream, even when his own dad didn’t push him to be a pro