Babe Ruth's father owned and operated his own tavern. ... The rest of the players also started referring to him as "Babe" and the name stuck(Family of Babe Ruth and Babe Ruth League Inc.). ... He pitched in that game against the Cleveland Indians (Family of Babe Ruth and Babe Ruth League Inc.). ... As the Babe's career began to take off, he and his wife could afford to purchase a home outside of Boston(Family of Babe Ruth and Babe Ruth League Inc.). ... Luckily, their daughter, Dorothy, was safely away at boarding school at the time(Family of Babe Ruth and Babe Ruth League Inc....

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George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Jr. ... At age seven, Ruth was sent to St. ... In 1914, Ruth was signed to play minor-league baseball for the Baltimore Orioles but was soon sold to the Red Sox. ... During his career, Ruth led the AL in home runs during a season twelve times. Ruth's legendary power and charismatic personality made him a larger-than-life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". ...

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The Golden Age Of Sports In the early 1920's ports became a very important part in citizens lives. With World War I just ending, people needed something to turn to. Radios were just now available to homes all over the United States. Sports were followed throughout the entire country house to hous...

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Stories of Yankee legends such as Babe Ruth bolting his 60th home run in 1927. Babe Ruth would go on to become the most influential player the sport would ever know. Another unforgetable Yankee memorie is when Roger Maris broke Ruth's single season homerun record when he hit 61 homeruns in 1961. ...

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Babe Ruth was paid a salary of eighty thousand dollars in 1930 just to hit home runs. Indeed, Babe Ruth was a great baseball player; however, he was a typical overpaid athlete with an attitude that foreshadowed many to come in the future. When Ruth was asked to justify himself making thousand dollars more than the President of the United States that year, he replied, "I had a better year than he did." ...

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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. ...

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Of all players in history to have troubled times, Babe Ruth, arguably on the greatest players to play the game, if not the greatest, had a reputation for being somewhat flirtatious towards women and an alcoholic. ...

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In 1914, a nineteen-year-old George Herman "Babe" Ruth joined the Sox. ... Boston embraced their young superstar, and the "Babe" was always quick to tip his cap and wave to the crowd, making him all the more endearing to fans. ... Since then, the Yankees, who had never won a World Championship before acquiring Ruth, have gone on to win 26, and are arguably one of the greatest success stories in the history of sport. ... Many consider Boston's performance after the departure of Babe Ruth to be attributable to "The Curse of the Bambino." ...

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The Black Sox Baseball Scandal Baseball had boomed early in the 1900's. The World Series had finally gotten big among spectators and was drawing a big crowd. Baseball had finally reached the point that they were hoping in the late teens. It seemed like nothing could stunt its growth, that is u...

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For 86 years fans of the Boston Red Sox have suffered through crushing defeat after crushing defeat. Heart wrenching, unbearable losses. Up until 2004 my father and even his father had never lived through a Red Sox World Series victory. Yet every year, they'd set their hopes high and think "Maybe th...

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Audience: Baseball Fans Sorry, Pete Pete Rose was not gifted with extraordinary athletic ability, as were so many of baseball's all-time greats. He was, however, gifted with an incredible work ethic and an indomitable spirit that carried him to greater heights than anybody would have imagined a ...

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