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Babe Ruth: Baseballs
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Answer: According to SABR member Rob Edelman: In 1920, Babe Ruth played a character known simply as "Babe" in HEADIN' HOME. Back then, Ruth could be cast as a clean-living, mother-loving all-American boy. The "Babe" in HEADIN' HOME is a character who, off the field at least, is quite unlike the man who played him: a simple, humble chap, residing with his mother and kid sister in a small town. Babe passes his spare time chopping down trees and fashioning them into baseball bats. He prefers quiet evenings enjoying his mother's home cooking to attending town socials. His shyness prevents him from expressing his feelings to the girl he loves.
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Player evaluations for the 2008 Babe Ruth spring baseball season will be held on Saturday March 28th at 10:00 a.m. at the SIS baseball field. All13 yr. olds or anyoneplaying spring Babe Ruth for the first time must attend evaluations. Players should come to the evaluation fully equipped (glove, cleats, bat, cup, etc.).
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In 1936, Ruth became one of the first five players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1969, he was named baseball's Greatest Player Ever in a ballot commemorating the 100th anniversary of professional baseball. In 1998, The Sporting News ranked Ruth Number 1 on the list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players." According to ESPN, he was the first true American sports celebrity superstar whose fame transcended baseball.[1]
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This OAL Harridge baseball has been signed in blue fountain pen on the sweet spot by Babe Ruth. The Harridge stampings on the reverse remain as bold as the day it came out of the box. The signature received a grade of "8" from PSA and the ball a "6" for an overall grade of "7". This is a high grade Ruth ball which easily surpasses that number in eye appeal. This item comes with a Letter of Grading and Authenticity from PSA/DNA, Steve Grad and Zach Rullo, and a Letter of Authenticity from JSA, James Spence Authentication.
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Ruth's 1919 contract that sent him from Boston to New York was sold at auction for $996,000 at Sotheby's on June 10, 2005. The most valuable memorabilia item relating to Ruth was his 1923 bat which he used to hit the first home run at Yankee Stadium on April 18, 1923. Ruth's heavy Louisville Slugger solid ash wood bat sold for $1.26 million at a Sotheby's auction in December 2004, making it the second most valuable baseball memorabilia item to date, just behind the famous 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card.
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Ruth's fame endures today. Gibbons tells of talking to a sportswriter friend who covered the Olympics in Athens in 2004. The Greeks didn't know much about baseball, his friend recounted, but when asked if they knew any baseball players, they offered one name: Babe Ruth.
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