#babe ruth

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It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.

Babe Ruth

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It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.

Babe Ruth

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Rare color photo of Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium, June 13, 1948, the day his No. 3 was retired. Weak from cancer, he used his bat as a walking stick. Two months later, he was dead.

Photo: Ralph Morse for Life magazine

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It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.

Babe Ruth

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The bees' knees! This week, for the ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE, V and Emily take a trip back 100 years to look at four fandoms that ruled the year of 1924: George Gershwin's jazz, Harold Lloyd's romantic comedies, Little Orphan Annie's laughs, and Babe Ruth's colossal clout. From the amazing breadth of the Gershwin brothers' catalog to the hilarity of what passed for celebrity gossip in Photoplay, from the plight of a little Orphant to the Bambino's birthday party shenanigans, we're celebrating 100 years of fannish passion and what it really means to be a legend that never dies. 

Sources

Girl Shy Hot Water Helen Kane 1924 in Music Little Orphan Annie Hello, Harold! Photoplay, January - June 1924 Photoplay, July - December 1924 Babe Ruth Central

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It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.

Babe Ruth

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It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.

Babe Ruth

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Long, overdue good news: Negro League statistics will be integrated into MLB historical record!

Stats from the more than 2,300 players from seven iterations of the Negro Leagues from 1920-1948 will be included in the MLB’s database — including legend and Baseball Hall of Famer Josh Gibson, who will become the single-season record holder in batting average, slugging percentage, and OPS. Previous record holders for those three categories were Barry Bonds, Ty Cobb, and Babe Ruth.

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This week in 1919, the Boston Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $100,000.

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5 Random Comics

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It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.

Babe Ruth

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The casket containing the body of Babe Ruth is carried from the Universal Funeral Chapel at 52d St. and Lexington Ave. to a waiting hearse, en route to Yankee Stadium, August 17, 1948. Ruth had died of throat cancer the day before. He lay in state at the Stadium for two days as thousands lined up to pay their respects.

Photo: Associated Press

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Babe Ruth watching his team play from the stands after getting suspended for 6 games for barnstorming, 1921

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