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Miguel is one of the best hitters in my opinion ever ... It's still pitching. You still have to go out and make your pitches whether you're facing Miguel Cabrera or Babe Ruth or whoever.
Batting ninth ... Babe Ruth.
People keep asking him if he thinks he can break Babe Ruth's lifetime home-run record. What do they expect him to say? I'll tell you that I don't think he can do it. He came into this season 150 home runs behind Ruth. He's 37 now. Say he plays three or more years. Even if he plays four more, he must average more than 35 home runs a year, and that's a lot. But I hope he does it.More quotes »
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This Date in Baseball
-- Babe Ruth of the Red Sox allowed two hits as he outdueled Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators 1-0. Ruth knocked in the winning run with a sacrifice fly.1922 -- Jesse Barnes of the New York Giants pitched the only no-hitter of the year, beating the Read more »
Around the web
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The Lowedown: It's just too early to stay someone's having great or poor season
born in 1880, and a left-hander born in 1989. They now represent the opposite ends of baseballÂs most amazing prequel: Babe Ruth the pitcher. When he was the best left-hander in the American League, Ruth broke MathewsonÂs record for consecutive scoreless innings 1:06 AM from Detroit Free Press Read more »
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Local sports results May 25
Delaware Babe Ruth League 13-15 YO GNBL Red 6, Fox Point Green 1 Game highlights: Drew Allen pitched 3 innings while David Perdue pitched 4 hitless/runless innings for Newark Red. They combined for 13 strikeouts. Brandon Triplett and Shawn Ennis both doubled 12:54 AM from The Delaware News Journal Read more »
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He was an unbelievable showman
editorial cartoonist and died one of the finest showmen America has known. He rubbed elbows with legends like Jack Dempsey and Babe Ruth, earned fabulous sums of money and emerged as a broadcast media pioneer. But while Robert Ripley was perhaps “more widely 12:14 AM from Miami Herald Read more »
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Plaschke: Don Mattingly shows fire, but his flame is flickering with Dodgers
Mattingly is turning into the most hilarious cartoon character since Babe Ruth! The Dodgers embattled manager returned home Friday night with a scowl the size of a block of empty seats in the reserved section. He conducted his pregame news conference with 5/25/13 from Baseball Think Factory Read more »
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10th anniversary: Curt Schilling vs QuesTec camera
A’s play today. The game includes 12 Hall of Famers, including Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Eddie Collins, Al Simmons, Jimmie Foxx, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Cochrane, and Tony Lazzeri. The players in the lineups have a combined 42,356 hits. 1929 Joe Cronin from The Hardball Times Read more »
