Babe Ruth
The greatest slugger of all-time, the Sultan of Swat, the Great Bambino. To the schoolboys he was a mythical figure, a Paul Bunyan. The older folks remember him as an aging sick man, a big, enormously heavy man who occasionally visited the baseball park and was immediately the center of attraction. The name, of course, is Babe Ruth. Those who were fortunate enough to see him play may not remember the year was 1927 when George Herman Ruth hit 60 home runs, but they know there will never be a slugger like him. Babe Ruth lived his life in the same colossal manner in which he hit home runs. He was a simple, great-hearted, man of lusty appetites who was loved not only by the kids of his day but by his fellow players, writers who reported his deeds in the press, and thousands of men and women in the stands. Ruth lived on a lavish scale, gargantuan scale. He could get into more trouble, curse louder and more profanely, drink, smoke, eat, and enjoy himself more, than any other athlete of his time. Few ever resented what this large hulk of a man did. That was Babe he could do everything wrong, he could live up to the hilt, knock around in such a manner that would kill an ordinary man and go on,
You could say Babe Ruth paved the way for some of the athletes of today's world. For example, with Ruth demonstrating his partying ways and living up to the hilt, which was mentioned earlier, might have inspired Dennis Rodman's acts of going out of his way to be part of the fun life. The way Ruth carried himself on the field, flagging his hat at fans and yelling back at them when they would criticize inflamed the way athletes display their motions while on the playing field. Babe Ruth is a baseball legend. Hitting is something more than the ability to go up to the plate and bang a ball around. The man who could put down the bunt at the right time has an added asset. The man who is reliable on the business end of a hit and run play is just that much more valuable. Ty Cobb could do all that and there were other grates that could as well. There is something more to it than that. There is the effect of the batter on the opposing, pitcher, opposing team, and on his own team. In this category, Babe Ruth is at the top of the list, past and present. He has been an overpowering threat to his opposition and an inspiration to his teammates. By the sheer power of his hitting, the Babe changed the whole scheme of baseball and lifted the game to new hei
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