On July 11th, the Babe’s grandson, Tom Stevens, was hosted by the city of Nettuno, Italy at their annual Allstar baseball game. Tom was presented with a plaque commemorating the Babe’s major league debut with the Red Sox, 100 years ago to the day. The Babe pitched […]
Read more →CBS Interviews Baseball and Yankee Historian Marty Appel on Babe Ruth In addition to interviewing Babe Ruth’s daughter, Julia Ruth Stevens, CBS also interviewed baseball and Yankee historian and author, Marty Appel, regarding some of the history and impact of Babe Ruth, as well as some of […]
Read more →Babe Ruth’s Daughter, Julia Ruth Stevens, Shares Memories of “Daddy” With CBS Julia Ruth Stevens, Babe Ruth’s 97 year old daughter (soon to be 98), recently spoke with CBS Evening News in commemoration of Babe’s anniversary of entering Major League Baseball on July 11th, 1914. She delivered […]
Read more →This Day in Babe Ruth History: July 11th, 1914 Hey Babe Ruth fans, in a year of many Bambino milestones, today is a particularly important day in Ruth history. Today marks the 100th anniversary of Babe Ruth’s first appearance in Major League baseball. In early July […]
Read more →Babe Ruth Central is still interested in hearing from Babe Ruth’s biggest fans in support of a marketing research project that we are kicking off for the Ruth family-owned and operated, “Babe Ruth’s Family Kitchen” product line. Babe Ruth’s Family Kitchen has developed an initial, limited set […]
Read more →“Babe Ruth’s Family Kitchen” Grilling Party Contest: We are looking for a few of Babe Ruth Central’s most devoted Babe Ruth fans for a marketing research project that we are kicking off for the Ruth family-owned and operated, “Babe Ruth’s Family Kitchen” product line. Babe Ruth’s Family […]
Read more →Goldin Auctions currently has an auction running with an interesting piece of Babe Ruth memorabilia. While most Yankees history buffs know, Babe Ruth was the first person to hit a home run in the original Yankee Stadium (“The House That Ruth Built”). It happened to be the […]
Read more →This past weekend, the Baseball Hall of Fame had the grand opening of a significantly revamped Babe Ruth exhibit. Up to this point, the two stars of the game with the most individual focus has been Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth. Given the large collection of Ruth […]
Read more →Sadly, Baseball has lost one of its best today. Hall of Famer and long-time San Diego Padre, Tony Gwynn, has passed away from salivary gland cancer. In his 20-year career – all with the Padres – Gwynn had 3,141 hits and a .338 career batting average, as […]
Read more →On June 13th, 1948, Babe made his final appearance in Yankee Stadium. Ruth was dying of cancer and his voice and throat were ravaged by surgery. Part of the intent was to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of Yankee Stadium, the other purpose was to retire Babe Ruth’s […]
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