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His first HomeRun!
100 Years Ago Today Babe Ruth Hits . . . . .
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IMO Ruth is still the #1 player in all sports... Period.
I'd rank him ahead of Gretzky in Hockey, in front of Wilt & Jordan, in front of any NFL player, in front of Jack & Tiger, in front of Serena.
He was the best of all time.
I'd rank him ahead of Gretzky in Hockey, in front of Wilt & Jordan, in front of any NFL player, in front of Jack & Tiger, in front of Serena.
He was the best of all time.
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Ahhhhh... You finally googled it.... Lol
Agreed. The guy would pitch a double header, hit 2-3 home runs.... All after a break night that included boozin and womanizing!
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I didnt need to google tha bro. There is the Babe Ruth birthplace museum in Baltimore and his statue at Camden Yards.
I wonder who would be the bigger boozer and womanizer between the Babe and Jerry?
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When are they going to put an asterisks by his stats lol "daniel tosh"
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It's amazing that he hit 714 homers considering that he didn't play more than 100 games in a season until his fifth year as a pro.
He would have had a shot at hitting near 800 homers if he played outfield exclusively instead of pitching for his first four years. Even in the dead ball era.
He would have had a shot at hitting near 800 homers if he played outfield exclusively instead of pitching for his first four years. Even in the dead ball era.
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I was referring to the Baltimore and Yankee beginnings. Not babe.
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Some feel Ruth saved the game of Baseball. Attendance was very poor after the White Socks threw the WS
With 54 swings of his bat, Babe Ruth saved baseball in 1920. After the Black Sox scandal left fans disillusioned with the game President William Howard
Taft called a "clean, straight game" in 1910, Americans stayed away from the ballparks. But when Ruth burst onto the scene in 1920 with 54 home runs, Yankee Manager Miller Huggins' assertion that the American fan "likes the fellow who carries the wallop" proved true. In 1920, Ruth helped the Yankees become the first team in baseball history to draw more than one million fans in one year. All teams but Detroit and Boston saw an increase in attendance. Throughout the rest of his career Ruth would inspire the awe of millions of fans and put baseball back into the national spotlight. Yankee Stadium may have been the house that Ruth built, but baseball became synonymous with the Babe.
Opening Day 74,000 fans saw Ruth play when Yankee Stadium opened in 1923 even though the stadium only had 62,000 seats.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug02/yeung/baberuth/hero.html
With 54 swings of his bat, Babe Ruth saved baseball in 1920. After the Black Sox scandal left fans disillusioned with the game President William Howard
Taft called a "clean, straight game" in 1910, Americans stayed away from the ballparks. But when Ruth burst onto the scene in 1920 with 54 home runs, Yankee Manager Miller Huggins' assertion that the American fan "likes the fellow who carries the wallop" proved true. In 1920, Ruth helped the Yankees become the first team in baseball history to draw more than one million fans in one year. All teams but Detroit and Boston saw an increase in attendance. Throughout the rest of his career Ruth would inspire the awe of millions of fans and put baseball back into the national spotlight. Yankee Stadium may have been the house that Ruth built, but baseball became synonymous with the Babe.
Opening Day 74,000 fans saw Ruth play when Yankee Stadium opened in 1923 even though the stadium only had 62,000 seats.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug02/yeung/baberuth/hero.html
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No way I can agree with that if not just for the fact that baseball isn't even close to as demanding as Hockey, Hoops, or football.
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In some ways your right but then as great as Michael Jordon was at basketball he could not hit a baseball to save his life and that was minor leagues.
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I'm not specifically talking about the physical nature of the sport and saying Ruth was the greatest athlete.
I'm talking about being the greatest sports personality period when you combine everything...
-Records within the sport
-Impact on the sport
-Post playing days reputation
-Championships won
You look at all those things and Ruth is #1 in my book.
If you have a name that you think is better, please toss it into the ring for discussion.
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Hard for anybody to equal the Babe for the lore and everything else
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It's just about impossible.
And with him passing away at a relatively young age (53) it was like any superstar that leaves us early... those folks' legends just seem to get larger over time like Marilyn, James Dean, JFK, Kurt Kobain.
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Some of the really truly iconic figures of the last 100 plus years. I am talking grand, I am talking lore.... At the time of their lives some were living legends... For some it was after their death....
Elvis
Babe
Marilyn
Einstein
Walt Disney
James Brown
Ali
JFK
MLK
Ford
Bogart
Bacall
Michael Jackson. He is on that list for sure. He gets a little asterisk though.
He kept asking for it.
Ie. I'm the king of rock n roll - the reply was.... No, Elvis was/is.
His reply, ok then, I'm the king of......uh...... Oh, pop!
Graceland = neverland
Goes after Elvis daughter. The dude didn't enjoy his living legend status/ living legacy.