Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth


     Babe Ruth is an American hero. He transformed baseball from a sport, to a

national pastime when it needed it the most. Coming off of the wake of the Black

Socks scandal, baseball was headed downhill. It had a bad reputation, and

interest was waning. The dead-ball era was dragging on, and there were to few

baseball "purists" left to support it. Baseball was in search of a new audience,

and Babe Ruth handed it to them on a silver platter. Babe Ruth started the Home

run era of baseball. In the dead-ball scores of 2-1 1-0 was the norm. With the

advent of the Home run era, games that averaged 1-2 runs an inning were common.

What once took a couple hits, walks, and a stolen base to accomplish were being

done with the single swing of a bat. Baseball was now much more enjoyable to

watch. Then  with the invention of the radio, millions of people enjoyed

listening to it.


     George Herman Ruth was born in the early 1890's to a couple of German

immigrants who ran a local bar. His parents had there hand's full with the bar,

and had very little time to tend to young George. His trouble making, and lack

of time on his parents part eventually landed him in St. Mary's Boys school. It

was here that he met the man who Babe claimed to be the greatest man who ever

lived, Brother Mathias. Brother Mathias was the one who handed Babe his

punishments, and it was Babe who always touted his strong, yet caring hand that

led him to baseball. It was also at St. Mary's that Babe started his life of

giving. He would save up his money from his job in the Tailor shop and often

spend it on large amounts of candy to give away to the little boys at St. Mary

who were poor, or orphans.


     Brother Mathias was the one who introduced Babe to baseball, as a

recreational game to play during the spring. It wasn't long until Babe was the

only 13 year old playing on the 16 years and older team. First as a catcher,

then later as a Pitcher. It was here that he first established a prowess for

hitting. His long home runs would leave local audiences speechless. It was his

pitching, however that landed him his first professional job. Jack Dunn of the

then minor league Baltimore Orioles signed him at the young age of 17. He played

a few years for the Orioles, until Dunn sold him to the Boston Red Sox. Babe

pitched well, finally breaking into the Red Sox starting rotation in 1918. Then

the Red Sox ran into some hard luck, and in search of money sold him for the

then huge amount of money, 125,000.


     It is often said that New York and Babe Ruth were made for one another,

and by the way Babe took New York by storm, it is hard to dispute the saying. He

took an instant liking to the big city, enjoying bars, dance clubs and people in

general. It was in New York that Babe started the long balThis is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Electronic References. Please register below now!


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