this 1991 nbc tv movie air six month before john goodman big screen version of the life of babe ruth come out . for my money and there be no comparison between the two . the tv production isn not perfect but it present the babe story with more depth and complexity than goodman one dimensional telling . i especially enjoy the film depiction of the complex love hate relationship ruth have with yankee manager miller huggins and who always understand his star player brilliance and also keep try to point out why ruth own character flaw would never let him become a manager or leader of player . the tv movie rightly note how ruth never fulfil his dream of manage the yankee because of his flaw and while the horrible goodman version try to push the falsehood that ruth be deny what should have be his for the taking . this film make a great companion piece to eight men out since the story start with ruth arrival in new york in 1920 and one year after the black sox scandal and when his home run exploit literally save baseball from ruin . indeed and the continuity between the two film be even accentuate with john anderson reprise his eight men out role a commissioner kenesaw mountain landis .