Williams and Ruth drew down rousing hands from the onlookers. The big Babe still “owns” Boston. Ruth wore a white Yankee home uniform, while Ted was attired in the customary Red Sox road outfit.
Babe Ruth's popularity and fame were so widespread that even America's enemies knew of him. Almost a decade after he had bashed his last home run, his presence still was felt. Babe Ruth's record ...
Babe Ruth, aka the Great Bambino and the Sultan of Swat, is a larger-than-life baseball legend known not only for his on-field heroics but also his antics off the diamond. One of the pillars of ...
On Dec. 26, 1919, the Red Sox, frustrated by the demands and leisured carousing of one Babe Ruth, shipped the 25-year-old star lefty pitcher/slugger to the Yankees in exchange for crisp stacks of ...
He was a worldwide celebrity, an international star, the likes of which baseball has never seen since," says broadcaster Ernie Harwell about Babe Ruth on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series.