BABE RUTH RUMORS & GOSSIP
Dugout Digest - imperfect game
I'm sure everyone knows the story of what happened nearly 100 years ago with Babe Ruth and Ernie Shore.In case you don't, here's a brief recap: Ruth hit the first batter he faced for the Red Sox against the Senators and was ejected. He was replaced on the mound by Shore. The hit batsman was thrown out stealing, and Shore set down the next 26 batters in a row. Well, something...
Hockey fans jumping the glass and getting destroyed
The NHL playoffs are heating up like nailing two from way downtown in NBA Jams. Here are five hockey videos about fans jumping the glass or about a current storyline within this years NHL playoffs.
This is how Dan Bylsma should react after the Penguins loss last night
Marc-Andre Fleury gave another dumpster fire performance in net for the Penguins last night. He’s not the only...
Mickey Mantle’s alleged corked bat to be auctioned off
While there is zero evidence tht a corked bat actually helps a batter to hit a ball further, there are still people out there that believe it makes a different. New York Yankees Hall of Fame centerfielder Mickey Mantle, the greatest player ever in all of sports that never actually reached his full potential, allegedly used a corked bat sometime during his career during the 1960s...
On This Day in History | 1920
Headlines on Jan. 6, 1920 say it all
On this day 93 years ago Babe Ruth hit his first home run as a Yankee in a 6-0 victory over Boston. After going without a long ball in eleven April games, the Sultan of Swat saved his first of 659 Yankee dingers for a matchup with his former club. Herb Pennock, another future Yankee great, took the loss while Bob Shawkey tossed a complete game...
Babe Ruth Interview: Told By His Grand-Daughter
Babe Ruth was arguably the most talented man to ever grace a baseball diamond, no other player who has laced up the spikes, struck more fear in an opposing pitcher than George Herman Ruth when he strolled to the batters box wielding a piece of lumber. The Sultan of Swat is immortalized for his bat however Ruth was one of the most dominant hurlers of his era before the tape measure...
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...
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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.
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.
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.
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