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• Babe Ruth’s sale to Yankees turned 90

  
  yankeesdaily.com — Authority: 136
  Yesterday, the sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees from the Boston Red Sox turned 90 years old. If it wasn’t for steroids, I bet the curse would still be going strong. I know the Yankees and Red Sox have both taken steroids but on an even playing field, I don’t think the Red Sox win any World Series. If ...
  12 hours ago

• 90th Anniversary of the Babe’s Sale

  
  Generation Third — Authority: 128
  Ninety years ago on this date, George Herman Ruth was sold from the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000 in cash. And as everyone else says, the rest is history. Under Ruth’s mega-sized sports celebrity status, the Yankees went to the World Series in 1921-1923, winning the 1923 series in the ...
  1 day ago

• The Curse of the Bambino started 90 years ago today

  
  Zell's Pinstripe Blog — Authority: 143
  On December 26, 1919, Babe Ruth was sold to the New York Yankees from the Boston Red Sox for $125,000. That deal led to an 86-year drought for the Boston Red Sox without winning a World Series championship. The nickname for the drought famously became known as “The Curse of the Bambino”. Harry Frazee, the ...
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  A Large Regular — Authority: 478
  Babe Ruth as Santa Claus Interesting and sad on the anniversary of the day he was traded to the Yankees.
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• December 26 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 552
  On December 26: 1620 Pilgrim Fathers landed at what became New Plymouth in Massachusetts. 1716   Thomas Gray , English writer, was born. 1780   Mary Fairfax Somerville , British mathematician, was born. 1791 Charles Babbage , English mathematician and inventor, was born. 1860  The first ...
  2 days ago

• Video: Babe Ruth plays Santa Claus

  
  Sports Pros(e) — Authority: 623
  I n 1947 Babe Ruth played Santa Claus forchildren stricken with polio in one of his final public appearancesbefore passing away 8 months later, according to the YouTube description of this gem. Pretty great footage.
  3 days ago

• MESSAGE #882 THE TIME IS NOW...

  
  GAME. SET. LIFE. — Authority: 128
  Todays message is especially dedicated to the great Sue Elkind and Naime Jezzeny. In 1920, Babe Ruth hit 54 home runs in his first year with the Yankees. But thats not the amazing part. In that era, players werent hitting home runs, in fact, Ruths 54 homers were more than the TOTAL number of home runs hit by the ...
  3 days ago

• 13 Days of Xmas, Day 9: Newsreels Under the Tree

  
  Needcoffee.com — Authority: 136
  I SEE YOU. So this post over at Classic Television Showbiz , where we snagged this 1950 (or 1951) newsreel--in which Warner Pathe newsreel cameramen from all over the world wish you a Merry Christmas--gave us an idea. The vast untapped wealth of Christmas newsreels. Lets start with the first one... Direct ...
  6 days ago

• At Walkoff Walk, I write about the time the Weekly World News...

  
  philadelphia will do — Authority: 439
  At Walkoff Walk , I write about the time the Weekly World News interviewed Babe Ruth — in 2005 .
  6 days ago

• Weekly World News Provides Coherent Sports Analysis

  
  Walkoff Walk — Authority: 556
  The always excellent Wezen-Ball has a post about an interview the Weekly World News did with Babe Ruth in January 2005 about steroids (Babes against them), Ruths called shot (he was just hung over and blocking the sub from his eyes) and the real reason Lou Gehrig was called the Iron Horse (take a guess). But it ...
  6 days ago

• The 50 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 771
  There is no definitive way to rank the greatest baseball players of all time, but Ive created a mathematical formula that I think gets us pretty close.First, I awarded points to the top 50 hitters in 11 offensive categories (runs, hits, doubles, triples, homers, walks, steals, average, on-base percentage and slugging ...
  1 week ago

• 8RV #6: Babe Ruth as Santa; Macho Man Christmas

  
  NESW Sports, Sports Videos — Authority: 479
  EVERY TUESDAY David Chalk, renowned, acclaimed and beloved baseball writer from 7th Inning Stache , Bugs&Cranks and occasionally Big League Stew throws up Eight Random Videos to entertain and/or enlighten right here on NESW SPORTS. Babe Ruth Plays Santa Claus For Kids With Polio (1947) The ...
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• Sports Legends Museum to host indoor tailgate party prior to Bears-Ravens game

  
  Inside Charm City: Baltimore, Maryland blog — Authority: 546
  For Immediate Release December 9, 2009 SPORTS LEGENDS MUSEUM AT CAMDEN YARDS TO HOST SECOND INDOOR TAILGATE PARTY Event will take place prior to the Ravens’ final regular season home game on December 20th against Chicago Baltimore, MD – Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards today announced that it will host ...
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• Ten Valuable Baseball Player High School Yearbooks

  
  Sportales — Authority: 129
  Sandy Koufax’s 1953 senior yearbook from Lafayette High School, Brooklyn, New York, image courtesy Lelands Sports memorabilia collectors are willing to shell out big bucks for high school yearbooks featuring future big league baseball stars and Hall of Famers. So take a closer look at those old ...
  2 weeks ago

• Inside Baseball: Marvin Miller Belongs In The Hall Of Fame

  
  Cardinals Best News Links — Authority: 163
  The two committees which met in Indianapolis this week to debate candidates for the Hall of Fame got half of their work correct. The committee which elected Whitey Herzog passed its test, but the panel considering executives and pioneers flunked miserably by not voting Marvin Miller into the Hall.STL Globe-Democrat
  2 weeks ago

• The Pride of The Yankees (1942)

  
  Cinemaroll — Authority: 132
  The Pride of the Yankees 1942 lobby card set image courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries Director Sam Wood and RKO Radio Pictures delivered The Pride of the Yankees to movie theaters in 1942. Gary Cooper has the title role, with Teresa Wright, Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea and Babe Ruth in all-star support. Paul ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cinema Varitek: All-Star 76 - Champions of Pride

  
  Walkoff Walk — Authority: 556
  Whenever the hell he feels like it, Dan McQuade reviews a baseball movie or TV show for Walkoff Walk . Today in Cinema Varitek : The awkwardly-titled All-Star 76 - Champions of Pride , a mini-movie narrated by Joe Garagiola about the 1976 All-Star Game , held in Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. While most ...
  2 weeks ago

• The League Award: 1931-69

  
  Cardinals Best News Links — Authority: 163
  To the surprise of no one, Albert Pujols won his third MVP award this year. Since entering the majors, Pujols has more or less been in the award-winning business, and those MVPs will count nicely toward a Hall of Fame induction. (I could be presumptuous here, but as Alberts about to enter his 10th season, I cant ...
  2 weeks ago

• MVP! MVP! MVP! MVP! Homer King Barry Bonds Made Splash

  
  Cardinals Best News Links — Authority: 163
  A month ago, during simpler times, Tiger Woods was presented with a tricky question: Who would he pick as the athlete of the decade?Plenty of possible choices - Lance Armstrong, Roger Federer, Kobe Bryant, Barry Bonds, Tom Brady, among them. Tiger, too.Seattle Times
  2 weeks ago

• Making Powerful Contact

  
  Cardinals Best News Links — Authority: 163
  I was playing with some of the new features at Baseball Reference and decided to look for one of my favorite types of players. I speak of the mythical creature that knocks at least 100 extra-base hits in a season and whose ratio of extra-base hits to strikeouts exceeds 1.The Hardball Times
  2 weeks ago

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