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
I'm only going one way.
"I'm going over the valley." (Dying from throat cancer, his doctor found him wandering around his room, asked him where was he going?)
I know, but I had a better year than Hoover.
You know this baseball game of ours comes up from the youth - that means the boys. And after you've been a boy, and grow up to know how to play ball, then you come to the boys you see representing themselves today in our national pastime.
I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.
I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.
The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
Paris ain't much of a town.
How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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.
Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It's hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
I'd give a year of my life if I could hit a homerun on opening day of this great new park.
Well, the good Lord and good luck must have been with me because I did exactly what I said I was going to do.
To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.