Babe Ruth's last 3 home runs

An interesting bit of Pirate trivia: Ruth hit his last three home runs at Forbes Field (precursor to 3 Rivers Stadium), against the Pirates. The last, #714, was fittingly enough the first in it's (then) 25-year history to clear the right field bleachers at Forbes. Ruth knew how to put on a show, and his last HR made history in 2 different ways. A giant among men.

HR #712 is going up for auction. Bid on it and own a piece of history!

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08191/895739-63.stm

Very cool, even if it does have to do with Yankee Stadium 😛

I wrote several school papers on Babe Ruth. I still have them somewhere.

It's always been rumored that somewhere in my Grandparents Attic is are a Babe Ruth and Jimmie Fox Home Run balls. Even if I found then, I couldn't prove it. Not to mention the heat has probably ruined them.

Atomm wrote:I wrote several school papers on Babe Ruth. I still have them somewhere.

It's always been rumored that somewhere in my Grandparents Attic is are a Babe Ruth and Jimmie Fox Home Run balls. Even if I found then, I couldn't prove it. Not to mention the heat has probably ruined them.

My ex's father supposedly had an autographed Honus Wagner baseball, though I never saw it. It's said it was in a safe-deposit box. Being this is in Pittsburgh, and Honus was a Pittsburgher (and my stepfather used to talk to Honus at the bar, and I walked past Honus' old house on a daily basis for ~20 years), I have to consider that it's possible. Such a baseball would be worth $3 - $5 thousand. Not bad money, if you had just thought to buy the guy at the end of the bar a drink, and bring a baseball. . .

I just saw a minute-long commercial for a game called "Resistance 2", on the Spike channel. Some guy with a Boston accent talks about alien battleships 'bigger than Forbes Field".

Just a weird comparison. Forbes Field saw it's last game in 1970, and why would a guy with a Kennedy accent be talking about it?

Regarding the papers you wrote on Ruth, Atomm: You know, Ruth has long since entered into Elvis territory. He's become a beer-swilling, hot-dog scarfing caricature that somehow managed to play baseball in between his bouts of whoring and drunkenness. It's hard to keep in mind, when all we have is grainy black & white footage that plays too fast, that he was a giant among men. He hit more home runs than whole teams did, and was a hall-of-fame caliber pitcher as well.

In 1918, he had a 13-7 record with a 2.22 ERA, then won 3 World Series games with a 0.87 ERA.

No one will ever touch his accomplishments, I don't care if they hit 100 home runs in a season, or a thousand on their career. Forever, it will be

#1. Babe Ruth
#2. Argue amongst yourselves.

We all know that Boston sold Ruth to the Yankee's for $100,000 in 1919. The other offer on the table was from the White Sox: $60,000 and Shoeless Joe Jackson, who was suspended at the end on the 1920 season and banned for life because of the 1919 Black Sock scandal. Makes you wonder what would've happened if the trade had gone thru, and suddenly Boston lost it's player. . .or maybe playing in another city, the investigation might've gone differently and Shoeless Joe avoids a ban.

I didn't know about the possible trade to the White Sox. Imagine how that would have changed baseball.

The fact that he was a great pitcher and batter was in one of my papers. I always thought of him as more than just a hitter. He was definitely a great player. And you'll never find the taint of Steriods on his record. Heck, if anything, he was probably drunk during some of those homeruns..... lol

I can't remember the movie, but the one about the Black Sox scandal. It really made me believe that Shoeless was the only person on the team who didn't throw the game and he should have never been banned.

Atomm wrote:I didn't know about the possible trade to the White Sox. Imagine how that would have changed baseball.

The fact that he was a great pitcher and batter was in one of my papers. I always thought of him as more than just a hitter. He was definitely a great player. And you'll never find the taint of Steriods on his record. Heck, if anything, he was probably drunk during some of those homeruns..... lol

I can't remember the movie, but the one about the Black Sox scandal. It really made me believe that Shoeless was the only person on the team who didn't throw the game and he should have never been banned.

Well, Jackson had a .375 average for the 1919 series, with no errors. All the other players said Joe wasn't involved. . .the case seems strong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoeless_Joe_...son_innocent.3F

You know Shoeless Joe gets way more press and popularity by NOT being in The Hall. Not saying he shouldn't be there, he should...but even non-baseball fans know his name now.

RUTH = The biggest impact a player of any sport, in the history of the world, has had on his sport!

Michael Jordan?
Jack Nicklaus?

I would put those two in Babe Ruth territory. And if Tiger keeps it up, I'd say he will also be in that territory.

Atomm wrote:Michael Jordan?
Jack Nicklaus?

I would put those two in Babe Ruth territory. And if Tiger keeps it up, I'd say he will also be in that territory.

I'm gotta say no way!
I love all those guys, if fact I'll even add Thorpe, Sorenstam and Sampras to the mix!
They all dominated, but not like Ruth. (Thorpe and maybe Jordan came close)

The numbers he put up starting the the 20's were 3, 4, 5 times the number of the next guy. The HR champs back then were hitting 12-15 hr's. Some teams weren't even hitting that many. Not to mention Average, Run and RBI production.

It would be like someone today scoring 100 points every game in the NBA.
That's what kind of leap I'm talking about!

BTW - He was a Boston Brave when he hit those last 3 homers! Maybe that'll make Sarge feel a little better! 😉

Judge_Mental wrote:I'm gotta say no way!
I love all those guys, if fact I'll even add Thorpe, Sorenstam and Sampras to the mix!
They all dominated, but not like Ruth. (Thorpe and maybe Jordan came close)

The numbers he put up starting the the 20's were 3, 4, 5 times the number of the next guy. The HR champs back then were hitting 12-15 hr's. Some teams weren't even hitting that many. Not to mention Average, Run and RBI production.

It would be like someone today scoring 100 points every game in the NBA.
That's what kind of leap I'm talking about!

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