“Don’t ever forget two things I’m going to tell you. One, don’t believe everything that’s written about you. Two, don’t pick up too many checks.” – Babe Ruth
Read more →On January 3rd, 1920, Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to Colonel Ruppert and the NY Yankees for $125,000 cash and a $350,000 loan. This deal, which much later came to be known as the “Curse of the Bambino”, changed the fate of the Yankees. […]
Read more →Wishing all Babe Ruth and Baseball fans out there the very best during the Holidays! Only 4 short months till the 2013 Season kicks off! Below is a You Tube video (“Babe Ruth as Santa Clause – 1947 Newsreel”, uploaded by schea), that perfectly demonstrates Babe Ruth […]
Read more →A few months ago, we received an inquiry regarding a special holiday card that a fan had in his possession. Tis’ the season, so we thought we’d share with our BRC friends. The image below is of a holiday greeting card with Babe in golf attire, sitting with some […]
Read more →It was 90 years ago that Ruth came to Sleepy Eye, MN as part of a 19-stop barnstorming tour of the western part of the country. It was just after the season and World Series had just wrapped up in 1922 and Ruth had had a challenging year […]
Read more →Part 3 of MLBTV Interview of “Josh and The Babe” This is part 3 of a 3 part series in an interview with Brent Stevens and Sean Gibson, great grandsons of Babe Ruth and Josh Gibson. In this part of the interview, the great grandsons share stories […]
Read more →Ruth and the MVP Award A recent visitor to BabeRuthCentral sent us the following question: “I was discussing Barry Bonds with some friends and they mentioned that he has won 7 MVP’s. This caused me to look up the MVP winners list and I noticed that Babe […]
Read more →Julia Ruth Stevens helps unveil a plaque commemorating Babe’s visit to Johnny Sylvester in 1926 On June 22nd of 2008, Babe’s daughter, Julia, who was 92, participated in a ceremony to unveil a plaque at the site of Johnny Sylvester’s home (if you don’t know the story […]
Read more →Julia Ruth Stevens and author Charlie Poekel talk about the book “Babe and The Kid” and the story of Babe and sick “Little Johnny” Charlie Poekel, author of Babe & the Kid: The Legendary Story of Babe Ruth and Johnny Sylvester, and Julia Ruth Stevens, daughter of […]
Read more →Babe’s Daughter Throws Last Pitch On September 21, 2008, Yankee fans experienced their last game in the “The House That Ruth Built.” The final home game for the Yankees included a pre-game ceremony that celebrated the history of the great stadium with a focus on many of […]
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