It was a long wait between home openers at Fenway Park. The start…
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The St. Louis Cardinals treat Opening Day with more than traditional…
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The Minnesota Twins’ home opener on Tuesday night, July 28,…
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New York’s American League team, known as the Highlanders in…
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Young Babe Ruth, 21, gave out plenty of free passes on this Saturday…
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Clark Griffith was prescient. At the end of the 1914 season,…
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With two months left in the 1920 season, the New York Yankees…
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When Boston’s 1918 World Series championship season was over,…
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He was just 21 and only in his second full season but Babe Ruth…
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Even before playing an inning of major-league baseball, Babe…
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Even after the game, the 1,500 people who watched a meaningless…
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New Yorkers awoke to a dismal morning on June 13, 1948. Raindrops…
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Fans at Ebbets Field cheered when Babe Ruth — decked out in…
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Babe Ruth was released by the New York Yankees at the end of…
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In this first game of a twin bill in the dog days of August 1929,…
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For all of his tremendous success in the batter’s box, Babe…
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As July 1927 came to a close, the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh…
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Of course they called him Babe.
George Ernest Ruth had the fortune,…
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July 9, 1920: Bambino homers on Babe Ruth Day at the Polo Grounds
May 20, 1916: Babe Ruth replaced in 6th inning while throwing a no-hitter
August 15, 1916: Boston’s Babe Ruth outlasts Walter Johnson in 13 innings
July 19, 1920: Babe Ruth breaks his own record with 30th home run
May 20, 1919: Babe Ruth clobbers his first career grand slam
June 13, 1916: Red-hot Babe Ruth goes on a tear against the Browns
July 11, 1914: Babe Ruth makes his major-league debut with Red Sox
October 2, 1914: A sign of so many swats to come: Babe Ruth doubles for first big-league hit
July 4, 1939: Lou Gehrig says farewell to baseball with ‘Luckiest Man’ speech at Yankee Stadium
June 13, 1948: Babe Ruth makes final visit to Yankee Stadium
April 27, 1947: Babe Ruth Day at Yankee Stadium
June 19, 1938: Babe Ruth makes coaching debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers
May 30, 1935: Babe Ruth plays his final major-league game with Boston Braves
August 7, 1929: Babe Ruth goes deep as Yankees split with A’s at Shibe Park
October 1, 1933: Lefty Ruth all right in final mound appearance
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This Week in SABR: November 25, 2020
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August 5, 1927: Cy Williams, NL’s career home run leader, hits for the cycle
June 25, 1957: George ‘Babe’ Ruth wins minor-league game with homer