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Babe Ruth: Yankee Stadium
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Babe Ruth moved beyond the baselines and outfield fences of the baseball stadiums that brought him riches and adulations to become a genuine American hero. In this acclaimed biography, Creamer reveals the man behind the legend. "The best biography ever written about an American sports figure".--Sports Illustrated.
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By this time, Ruth knew he didn't have many years left as a player, and made no secret that he wanted to manage the Yankees. However, Ruppert wouldn't even consider dumping McCarthy. Ruth and McCarthy had never gotten along, and Ruth's managerial ambitions only made relations between the two chillier. Just before the 1934 season, Ruppert offered to make Ruth manager of the Yankees' top minor-league team, the Newark Bears. However, Ruth's wife, Claire Merritt Hodgson, and his business manager both advised him to turn it down. After the 1934 season, Ruppert talked to nearly every other major-league owner, but no one was interested in making Ruth manager.
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Amernic wants photos of the old Hanlan's Point Stadium and the young Ruth -- who was six-two and 190 pounds -- on the site along with an information board. He has support from the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and the Toronto Blue Jays, and has approached the U.S. Consulate in Toronto and the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
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The Yankees shared the Polo Grounds with the New York Giants at the time of Ruth's arrival, but fan interest skyrocketed because of his unprecedented power display. The rush of support prompted the club to build Yankee Stadium, which opened in 1923 and was aptly dubbed the House that Ruth Built.
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On December 26, 1919, Frazee sold Ruth to the New York Yankees. Popular legend has it that Frazee sold Ruth and several other of his best players to finance a Broadway play, No, No, Nanette (which actually didn't debut until 1925). The truth is somewhat more nuanced.
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