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Below, is a link to the last words Babe Ruth said as a player. He shows people of the 1920's that he deserved nothing but commemoration. He left people feeling as if the game lost its best player ever, he left unforgettable, he left as the greatest homerun hitter of his time, and the most versatile player in baseball at his time.Babe_Ruth_Farewell_Speech.mp4

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The Babe is here for all Americans on the cover of Sports Illustrated Magazine showing us the true way in which he has grabbed America's attention. The article has illustrated the beautiful home run swing that the Babe has. The cover page spoke for itself people, "No athlete has gripped the nation the way Babe Ruth did in 1927. The second picture is a simple illustration of Babe Ruth and the curse he left the once 5 time World Series Champs with.

THE SCANDAL OF THE TRADE

The dissension between the Red Sox owner and fans began on January 3, 1920, when Babe Ruth was sold to the New York Yankees.  The horrible and childish manner of the fans showed that doubt had existed everywhere when they released the star versatile player.  Babe Ruth during the time seemed only acceptable to the trade because the Yankees owner had given him up to $10,000 dollars to play.  The hatred between Yankees and Red Sox fans began here and will never end, even though the Red Sox reversed the curse.  The Red Sox owner and theatrical producer Harry Frazee used the left over money from the sale to finance the production of a Broadway musical, usually specified as No, No, Nanette.  The Red Sox owner may have received praise from fans of the musical, but in Massachusetts he was the person who had lost one of the most amazing home run hitters in the game.  The Babe’s trade was an example of the owner’s plan to do nothing but earn a few extra dollars.  The owner was nothing short of remedial, the manager Ed Barrow had left to become the general manager of the Yankees and be closer to his franchise player. Babe Ruth had always had a husky look because he was a hefty lefty pitcher who drank beer and smoked cigars and during that era it seemed practical.  The trade was so crucial in the game of baseball that it made it so that the Red Sox wouldn’t ever be able to compare themselves to the Yankees in those years, so the Yankees would yell 1918, the last year that the Red Sox had the Babe and won the series.  The Red Sox fans had the feeling that since the Babe had been traded they fell under a curse.  The imperious Yankees fans had done nothing but cause horrible language to be used all over the streets.  The Babe was one of the most motley players of the time; not only did he bomb the ball; he could pitch, play first base and even center field.  The trade was no acceptable way of the owner earning money, but a preplanned way to earn more than he already did that season with the Red Sox.

How the Babe was looked Upon by people as The American Dream and how Many have him Mistaken and His Achievements

The Babe was nothing short of the American Dream, having been one of the greatest players of all time.  He pitched in both the 1916 and 1918 championships and won both.  All of the Babe’s history has to do with his trade, and how no matter where he went the team that had the Babe benefited from having a player like him.  The Babe played what was at the time America’s Game, and was the greatest player of the time, receiving recognition for almost everything he did on the field. The hefty lefty debuted with the Red Sox, winning 89 games in six years while setting the World Series record for consecutive scoreless innings. The Great Bambino switched  to the outfield full-time after his sale to the Yankees in 1920 and led New York to seven American League pennants and four World Series titles. He finished with 714 home runs, leading the league 12 times, including a remarkable 60 round-trippers in 1927.In 1920 he hit 54 home runs, breaking his own record as the all-time single-season HR leader and becoming the first player to hit over 50 homeruns in a season. A year later, in 1921 he hit 59 home runs, breaking his own record as the all-time single-season HR leader. Then, he does it again in1927 he hit 60 home runs, breaking his own record as the all-time single-season HR leader. Another big achievement he made was he led the American League in Strike Outs in, 1923, 1924, 1927 and 1928.  He could also be an illustration of moral decadence, in our generation.  The reason he could be looked at in such a way was because of his obsessive drinking.  He was caught vacationing on Willis Pond in 1918 while being drunk. The truth about the Babe is he was the ideal player everybody wanted on the field, but nobody wants a drunk off the field.  

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          QUOTES USED BY THE BABE

"All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill."

"All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout and they ask me what it was I hit and I tell them I don't know except it looked good." Source: The American Treasury (Clifton Fadiman)

"As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy." Source: Giants of Baseball (Bill Gutman)

Bibliography

Baberuth.com

www.baberuthmuseum.com

www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1698.html

www.youtube.com

www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Babe-Ruth/

www.1918redsox.com/piano.htm

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