RUTH, BABE Definition & Meaning

Ruth, Babe

A baseball player of the early twentieth century, known for hitting home runs. He hit sixty home runs in 1927, a record for a 154-game season that stood until the late twentieth century. Ruth supposedly once pointed to a spot in the seats where he would hit his next home run, and then proceeded to hit the ball there. His real name was George Herman Ruth.

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Mr. Creamer’s book on Ruth, “Babe: The Legend Comes to Life” — which came out in 1974, the year Hank Aaron broke Ruth’s career home run record — was infused with details, including Ruth’s pregame meal: three hot dogs.

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He might’ve been the greatest athlete of the 20th century — I still have him behind Babe Ruth, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Jim Thorpe and Secretariat – but he appears to be the worst director of basketball operations of the 21st century.

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