Smoke.
That’s what they called him.
He was respected and…
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DECEMBER 16, 2020 — Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Wednesday…
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DECEMBER 15, 2020 — One hundred years after the founding of…
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When Babe Ruth was traded to the New York Yankees by Boston Red…
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With Babe Ruth’s 50th home run of the year in the record books,…
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During the 1926 American League season, there were a handful…
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Babe Ruth was hammering the final stamp onto one of baseball’s…
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It was a “mastodonic thrust,” according to the New York Times.1…
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It came on a full count. A fastball a little bit up in the zone,…
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Babe Ruth was on fire. He had already hit 14 home runs in September…
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DECEMBER 10, 2020 — Baseball records are not chiseled in stone.…
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For a brief time in the summer of 1961, Ken Hunt was mentioned…
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Louis Drucke
Dave Stewart
MLB to recognize major-league status of the Negro Leagues
Andy Oyler
Ed Sukla
SABR establishes task force to consider Negro Leagues as major leagues
September 24, 1920: Babe Ruth becomes first player to hit 50 home runs in a season
September 24, 1920: Babe Ruth hits 51st homer just hours after reaching milestone
June 13, 1921: Ruth’s Yankees knock out Cobb’s Tigers as Babe reaches Polo Grounds bleachers
August 16, 1927: Babe Ruth’s homer reaches the roof at Comiskey Park in Chicago
September 29, 1920: Babe Ruth hits 54th home run to cap off first season with Yankees
July 15, 1921: Babe Ruth’s 138th career home run ties Roger Connor’s big-league record
September 15, 1921: Babe Ruth again breaks his own home run record with #55 at Polo Grounds
May 25, 1922: Babe Ruth’s ejection costs him Yankees captaincy
April 18, 1923: Babe Ruth homers in Yankee Stadium’s grand opening, hinting at franchise’s dynastic future
June 1, 1925: Babe Ruth returns from ‘Bellyache Heard ‘Round the World’
September 29, 1927: Babe Ruth hits grand slam in second consecutive game for No. 59
This Week in SABR: December 11, 2020
‘Lost’ no-hitter by Cleveland’s Pete Dowling in 1901 now recognized as first in American League history
George Brunet
Ed Fitz Gerald
Tookie Gilbert
Ken R. Hunt
Tito Landrum