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Tag Archives: Babe Ruth
Ruth in Early Retirement
Get a good look at that face. It is Babe Ruth, in a WPA photograph from 1936, taken at the Polo Grounds before or during the World Series, September 30. The year after Ruth called it quits was Joe DiMaggio’s … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Miscellaneous, Yankees
Tagged Babe Ruth, Carl Hubbell, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, New York Giants, Polo Grounds
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Weird Game
The Baltimore Orioles bested the Boston Red Sox today in Fenway Park. How weird was this game? It took more than six hours to complete. Orioles designated hitter Chris Davis went 0 for 8. Then, he was summoned to pitch! … Continue reading
He Jests at Scars that Never Felt a Wound
New York Mets prospect Philip Gregory Humber (not Humbert Humbert or “from Humber,” either), who had a cup of coffee with his drafting-team in 2006 and 2007 before going to the Minnesota Twins in the Johan Santana deal, has pitched … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Miscellaneous, Right Off the Bat Book, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged Babe Ruth, Boston Red Sox, David Cone, David Wells, Don Larsen, Ernie Shore, Federal League, Fenway Park, Harvey Haddix, Jim Bunning, Johan Santana, Literature, Major League Baseball, Mike Mussina, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Philip Gregory Humber, Pittsburgh Pirates, World Series, Wrigley Field
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Biopic of Hank Aaron
The Hollywood Reporter announces a film on Hank Aaron. It will be made by the director of The Natural. As he approached and surpassed Babe Ruth’s sacrosanct lifetime home-run record, Aaron—who was playing in Atlanta at the time—was subject to … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Miscellaneous
Tagged Atlanta Braves, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson
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Five Things I Learned about Baseball from Ken Burns’s Baseball
I (Martin) just spent 18.5 hours watching Ken Burns’s epic 1994 PBS documentary Baseball—and then I watched the 2010 two-episode sequel. I was delighted to see that Evander and I got the basic information correct in Right Off the Bat. … Continue reading
Albert Pujols Cements His Reputation
The number-one slugger of the 21st century added three World Series home runs and six runs batted in (RBI) to his astonishing career stats. Only Babe Ruth (two times) and Mr. October. Reggie Jackson, had ever accomplished the feat before. … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Yankees
Tagged Albert Pujols, Babe Ruth, Bobby Richardson, Hideki Matsui, Reggie Jackson, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers
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Two Big Hotstove League Dates in January 2012
January 2012 has two dates of especial revolutionary significance for all our devoted followers. January 5 is the ninety-second anniversary of the sale of Babe Ruth by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees. It was the birth … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Miscellaneous, Yankees
Tagged Babe Ruth, Boston Red Sox, Literature, New York Yankees
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Congratulations Derek Jeter on 3,000 Hits
There have been 17,000 men in the big leagues, with literally hundreds of millions sharing this fantasy. Twenty-seven out of the seventeen-grand have amassed 3,000 hits. Until today. In ultra-dramatic fashion, with a mighty home run, Derek Jeter became ballplayer … Continue reading
That’s Entertainment?
Let’s be honest: cricket and baseball are, in the end, about entertainment—about showing the paying customers a good time. A recent book (The House That Ruth Built: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923 by Robert … Continue reading
