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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

The Sultan of Swat

"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."



George Herman Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 ? August 16, 1948), best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914?1935. Ruth originally broke into the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox as a starting pitcher, but after he was sold to the New York Yankees in 1919, he converted to a full-time right fielder and subsequently became one of the league's most prolific hitters. Ruth was a mainstay in the Yankees' lineup that won seven pennants and four World Series titles during his tenure with the team. After a...


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The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth by Leigh Montville

The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth by Leigh Montville

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The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs: Recrowning Baseball's Greatest Slugger by Bill Jenkinson

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The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth (On My Own History) by Jean L. S. Patrick

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Amazing 1.75 ERA in 323 innings


1916 and 1917 would be Ruth's best years as a pitcher, as he won 23 games in '16 with an amazing 1.75 ERA in 323 innings. The Red Sox had a weaker offensive club, having sold Tris Speaker to the Cleveland Indians, but the Sox' pitching carried them to another American League pennant. They faced the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series, and in Game 2, Ruth pitched a complete-game 14-inning victory. The Red Sox went on to win the Series in five games.





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The Babe


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Babe vrs Bond

The following present five of Babe Ruth's best consecutive seasons compared to Barry Bonds' LAST five seasons, each player's lifetime batting average, the average number of home runs per season, and each player's career slugging average.

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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Boston Braves Authentic 1935 Babe Ruth Home Jersey By Mitchell & Ness

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