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 baseballit is widely acclaimed as one of the great books written about baseball. The glory of their times the story of the early days of baseball told by the men who played it the glory of their times the story of the early days of baseball told by the men who played it by ritter lawrence s publication date 1992 topics baseball players baseball publisher new york quill william morrow. 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. 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. I am a huge baseball fan and really appreciate the history of the game ive watched ken burns baseball probably a half dozen times as such im the exact target audience for lawrence s ritters book the glory of their times the story of the early days of baseball told by the men who played it