BABE RUTH RUMORS & GOSSIP
Jacoby Ellsbury Joins Babe Ruth, Wade Boggs in Heated Club of Top 10 Red Sox Who Became Yankees (Photos)
Red Sox fans are telling themselves that the Yankees overpaid. Jacoby Ellsbury, as good as he is, is not worth $153 million over seven years, and surely his legs will fail him and his power won’t return to satisfy such a contract.
But it still hurts that the homegrown center fielder has left the Red Sox.
Ellsbury, a longtime Boston fan favorite, has become the latest Red Sox player...
Would You Want a Babe Ruth Bobblehead?
The LA Dodgers announced that for one of their promotional game days in the 2014 season, they'll be giving away a Babe Ruth bobblehead in September. If this confuses you, it is a bit of a stretch, but Ruth did spend a short time in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform—just not as a player.
Ruth served as the first-base coach in 1938. He quit after one year and it was his last...
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Jason Pierre Paul called his interception like Babe Ruth called his home-run
Jason Pierre-Paul scored on a spectacular, leaping 24-yard fourth-quarter interception return and the resurgent Giants won 27-13 over the slumping and injured-riddled Packers (5-5). “I have never seen anything like it before in my life,” fellow defensive end Justin Tuck said. “We were literally in a TV timeout and he said, `I’m going to pick […]
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20 MLB players with highest Hall of Fame vote percentage
2013 is the first year since 1960 that no players will be inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. Here are the players who had no trouble getting into the Hall of Fame. Surprisingly the greatest American athlete in history, Babe Ruth, appeared on just 215 of 226 ballots and didn’t even crack the top 10. TIP: NAVIGATE GALLERY USING < LEFT AND RIGHT > ARROW KEYS
Via The Roosevelts
July 17, 2013
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Babe Ruth of Softball ready to go out on top
NORMAN, Okla. -- A few days before the season started, long-time Oklahoma softball coach Patty Gasso said Lauren Chamberlain is the best hitter she's ever seen.
Quite a compliment, considering the Sooners have Keilani Ricketts on the team.
Chamberlain is an accomplished hitter, but Ricketts is the best player in softball and the kind of rarity who has a chance to grow the game...
Via Fox Sports Southwest
February 12, 2013
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It’s the 80th Anniversary of Babe Ruth’s “Called Shot” … Whether It Really Happened or Not
On October 1, 1932—exactly 80 years ago this Monday—during the fifth inning of Game 3 of the World Series at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, Yankees slugger Babe Ruth, facing a 2-2 count against Cubs pitcher Charlie Root, looked over to the Cubs dugout then appeared to point toward center field.
Ruth hit the next pitch 440 feet, over the center field wall.
The home run broke a 4-4...
Via Midwest Sports Fans
October 01, 2012
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Photo: A Babe Ruth look-a-like like no other
The resemblance is absolutely amazing.
Willis “Buster” Gardner of Oberlin, Ohio won a Babe Ruth look-a-like contest as part of the 85th birthday celebration this week for the famous Gallagher’s steakhouse in New York City — a restaurant whose walls are lined with 700 photos of actors, politicians, business leaders and athletes — such as Ruth.
Gallagher’s opened in 1927...
IT AIN'T ME, BABE
Man facing prison over fake Ruth mitt
A California fan faces up to 21 months in prison after attempting to sell an antique baseball glove for $200,000 by claiming it once belonged to Babe Ruth.
Via The Other Paper
June 29, 2012
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KIND OF A BIG DEAL
Ruth jersey sells for over $4 million
The bidding for an authentic, game-worn Babe Ruth jersey from 1920 closed this morning with a record winning bid of $4,415,658.
Via Sweater Punch
May 20, 2012
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THE GREAT BARNBINO
Babe Ruth's Boston home up for sale
A Yankees fan's dream, the 5,000-square-foot, five-bedroom, 3 1/2-bathroom home located in Sudbury, Mass. also includes a 5,000-square-foot barn.
Via Bob's Blitz
May 08, 2012
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