LaPallo says he met Babe Ruth even before he played for the Yankees or Red Sox.
The assault on the home-run records of Babe Ruth, Roger Maris and Hank Aaron began.
Steroids weren't part of the scene in the 1920s--another reason Babe Ruth is probably smirking somewhere.
We can envision Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson and Mariano Rivera as teammates.
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The names above him require no introduction: Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds rarified territory.
That the glove ever belonged to Babe Ruth was a complete and elaborately constructed fiction.
Babe Ruth stepped up to the plate and southpaw Jackie threw her special pitch.
The Tri-Valley Babe Ruth All-Stars beat the same team they lost the title to in 2009, Tallahassee.
Now Barry Bonds has passed Hank Aaron's all-time home run record, Babe Ruth is probably smirking somewhere.
It was Maris who, in 1961, hit 61 home runs and broke Babe Ruth's single-season home-run record.
Everywhere Schreiner went, people asked him what he was doing, skating or walking along, dressed as Babe Ruth.
His name was Matt Schreiner, and he kind of looked like Babe Ruth.
In 1948, baseball legend Babe Ruth died in New York at age 53.
Then yesterday, he told the doctor he was Babe Ruth, a hopeful sign.
The ceilings heave with 90, 000 clay pipes once smoked by regulars, including Babe Ruth, JP Morgan and Teddy Roosevelt.
That puts him within range of Babe Ruth who hit 714 and Hank Aaron who holds the record at 755.
Think of Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio or Lou Gehrig bats and balls as Hamptons real estate or blue chip stocks.
It's part of the folklore that after the Black Sox World Series fix of 1919, Babe Ruth saved the game.
It is decorated with memorabilia, including the transfer papers from when the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees.
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Another fun summer read is Leigh Montville's book on Babe Ruth, The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth.
For proof, look no further than this little fact: Babe Ruth averaged 44 home runs per season from 1920 through 1934.
It looks like he could be within days, if not hours, of breaking Babe Ruth's career total of 714 home runs.
The Yankees improved to 22-0 in a series that dates to 1927, when Babe Ruth led Murderers Row to West Point.
Youkilis joins Babe Ruth, Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens and Johnny Damon as Boston players who made the switch to the Bronx.
For example, in the Barry Bonds situation of course, trying to pass and then passing Babe Ruth's legendary 714 home runs.
The laughs that followed faded out when Babe Ruth wandered in and sat among the other legends, grinning Babe Ruth's grin.
The Red Sox haven't won the World Series since 1918, a year before they sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees.
Babe Ruth did it twice, and Reggie Jackson also achieved the feat.
History tells us that Babe Ruth left Baltimore, going forth to save the National Pastime after the World Series in 1919 was fixed.
"The King"--at 73 still swaggering in his cowboy hat, sunglasses, skinny jeans and mustache--is a living legend, the Babe Ruth of the oval.
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