Smalls runs to his house and gets his stepfather's favorite ball, the one with Babe Ruth's signature on it, so that the gang can resume the game. ... One night Benny has a dream and gets the massage from Babe Ruth to "just hop over and get it." ... This one is signed by all of the Yankees (Murderers Row), including Babe Ruth. ... Finally, a ball signed by Babe Ruth breaks down the barrier between the neighborhood boys and a lonely old blind man. ...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The very unlikable Ty Cobb, the drinking and womanizing Babe Ruth, the umpire abusing John McGraw, the racist Cap Anson, cheaters like Gaylord Perry, the gambling Leo Durocher, are just a few of the distinguished baseball players who have found their way into the Hall of Fame. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Baseball is one of the oldest and most popular spectator sports. The game known today was developed during the early 1800s among children and rookie players. Today, major league and rookie baseball attracts millions of viewers to ballparks each year and attracts millions more through the radio and...

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• Grade Level: High School

If Bud Selig doesn't change his views on Rose's banishment than I think he should take a deeper look at some of the players that are currently in the hall of fame who had committed far worst crimes such as the drinking and womanizing Babe Ruth, or the Racist Cap Anson, cheaters like Gaylord Perry, and oh yeah, another gambler, Leo Durocher. ...

• Word Count: 691
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

If you've been to the corner of Clark and Addison on the North side of Chicago in the last 100 years, then you know the splendor that is Wrigley Field. You've seen the well-kept ivy, you've heard the heckles from Sal, the beer-man, whenever an opposing team visitor shouts for a cold one and you know the aroma of a true Chicago dog. The atmosphere at Wrigley Field is something that confirms for me, along with other, long-suffering Chicago Cubs fans that we indeed are loyal lovers of the team that has "character ". "Cub fans under age fifty may find it hard to fathom, but ther...

• Word Count: 3527
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Many players have entered the Baseball Hall of Fame such as the very unlikable Ty Cobb, the drinking Babe Ruth, the umpire abusing John McGraw, the racist Cap Anson, Gaylord Perry a suspected cheater, and the gambling Leo Durocher. ...

• Word Count: 2562
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School