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It is widely believed that George Vecsey, a sportswriter for the New York Times, wrote the first articles that explicitly mentioned in print the "curse" of Babe Ruth. The articles appeared during the 1986 World Series.
Prior to Ruth leaving Boston for New York, the Red Sox had won five of the first 15 World Series. Portrayals of the "curse" have appeared everywhere: From late night television shows such as "Saturday Night Live" to Hollywood movies like "50 First Dates" and "Fever Pitch." In 2005, ESPN Classic aired a television program called "The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Harry Frazee!"
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George Herman Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 - August 16, 1948), also popularly known as "Babe", "The Bambino", and "The Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from to . Named the greatest baseball player in history in various surveys and rankings, his home run hitting prowess and charismatic personality made him a larger than life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". He was the first player to hit 60 home runs in one season (1927), a record which stood for until broken by Roger Maris in 1961. Ruth's lifetime total of runs at his retirement in 1935 was a record for until b...
"The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime."
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BABE RUTH
1926
Batting Average .372
Home Runs 47
Slugging .737
1927
Batting Average .356
Home Runs 60
Slugging .772
1928
Batting Average .323
Home Runs 54
Slugging .709
1929
Batting Average .345
Home Runs 46
Slugging .697
1930
Batting Average .359
Home Runs 49
Slugging .732
1926-1930
Batting Average .350
Home Runs 51.2
Slugging .730
BABE RUTH CAREER
Batting Average .342
Home Runs 46
Slugging .690
BARRY BONDS
2000
Batting Average .306
Home Runs 49
Slugging .688
2001
Batting Average .328
Home Runs 73
Slugging .863
2002
Batting Average .370
Home Runs 46
Slugging .799
2003
Batting Average .341
Home Runs 45
Slugging .749
2004
Batting Average .362
Home Runs 45
Slugging .812
2000-2004
Batting Average .339
Home Runs 51.6
Slugging .781
BARRY BONDS CAREER
Batting Average .300
Home Runs 42
Slugging .611
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