When the underdog Texas Rangers eliminated the “Evil Empire” New York Yankees from the playoffs last week and dispatched them back to their smoldering Death Star, millions of people across America, and around the world, cheered. Why is that? There was a time, not too long ago, when America loved the Yankees, and the world loved America. And no Yankee was more loved than Babe Ruth, who personified the Yankees, and the America, of his day. “Babe Ruth’s big appetites for home runs, food, drink, women, and even life itself helped deliver the message that America was an up-and-coming power....