Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth
George Herman Ruth Jr., better known as Babe Ruth, was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseballspanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "The Bambino" and "The Sultan of Swat", he began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth established many MLB battingrecords, including career home runs, runs batted in, bases on balls, slugging percentage,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth6 February 1895
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
The curve and the fast one are important; the change of pace and the other trick deliveries are great but they're not worth a plugged nickel unless you have control to go along with them. And by control I don't mean the ability to put the ball over the plate somewhere between the shoulders and knees. I mean the ability to hit a three-inch target nine times out of ten, the sort of control that lets you put the ball in the exact spot you want it, and to play a corner to the split fraction of an inch.
Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.
That last one sounded kinda high to me.
It's hard to beat somebody when they don't give up.
The termites have got me.
What the hell has Hoover got to do with it? Besides, I had a better year than he did.
What the hell difference does it make?
They started something here, and the kids are keeping the ball rolling.
Read about your case of amnesia. Must be a new brand.
I hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?
I copied (Shoeless Joe) Jackson's style because I thought he was the greatest hitter I had ever seen, the greatest natural hitter I ever saw. He's the guy who made me a hitter.
A man ought to get all he can earn. A man who knows he's making money for other people ought to get some of the profit he brings in. Don't make any difference if it's baseball or a bank or a vaudeville show. It's business, I tell you. There ain't no sentiment to it. Forget that stuff.