Babe Ruth by JACOB WATROUS https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h Robert W. Creamer en-us 2021-04-27 20:44:10 UTC 2025-03-21 07:02:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/26be.png Bibliography watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1514562966 Creamer, Robert W. Babe The Legend Comes to Life. Paw Prints, 2008. ]]> 2021-05-11 17:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1514562966 Growing up near Baltimore, Ruth often found himself in trouble as a child. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1514565090 George Ruth Jr, he would later get the nickname "Babe" when he got to the majors, often stole, damaged, and vandalized public property as a youngster.]]> 2021-05-11 17:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1514565090 A few years later, Ruth is put into St. Mary's, a Catholic school with around 800 other boys. This is where Ruth will grow up and where he will improve as a baseball player with teachings from Brother Matthias. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1527541830 Page 37 and 38 state, "In later year Matthias would work for hours with George, when both had the time, hitting the boy grounder after grounder. 'I could hit the first time I picked up a bat,' Ruth also said, 'but Brother Matthias made me a fielder.'"]]> 2021-05-15 22:00:21 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1527541830 With baseball being very popular and with over 800 boys at St. Mary's the school had over 40 teams distributed throughout all the age levels. When Ruth was 18, he led his respective age group all the way to the championship game where there was plenty of people in attendance, including major league scouts. After Ruth dominated on the mound in the championship, he was approached by a member of the Baltimore Orioles and was offered a major league contract. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1527559830 Page 50 states, "On the big day there were flags and bunting everywhere. The school buildings and the grounds and the ballfield had been swept and scrubbed and polished. The anticipated crowd was there, and, to the exultation of the boys Ruth and St. Mary's walloped Morrisette and Mount St. Joe's, 6-0, with Ruth striking out twenty-two batters during his shutout. After the game Dunn and young Ruth went into Brother Paul's office and talked for two hours, and the following February, a couple of weeks before the Orioles were to leave for spring training, Dunn came to St. Mary's again and signed George Ruth to a professional contract."]]> 2021-05-15 22:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1527559830 After only a little over half of the season, it was clear the Orioles were not going to make the pennant. So Jack Dunn, the manager and owner of the team, decided to sell all his stars. On Thursday July 10, 1913, Ruth was sold to the Boston Red Sox. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1527569758 Along with Ruth, two other of his teammates were sold to Boston in exchange for $30,000. Ruth did not arrive in Boston until Saturday. Once he arrived in Boston, he went to a coffee shop where his waitress was a beautiful woman named, Helen. ]]> 2021-05-15 22:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1527569758 Ruth didn't play much his first season with the club as he was sent down to Triple A when the Red Sox were eliminated from pennant contention. Ruth was apart of the pennant winning Providence team when he was sent down to the minor leagues. The 1915 season was a different story. Led by Ruth, Boston's lights out pitching helped them beat the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1527576881 Page 117 states, "The Red Sox were World Champions. If the youthful Ruth was disappointed because Carrigan had not let him pitch, he was cheered by the $3780.25 check he received as a member of the winning team. It was more than his annual salary." Babe felt like he couldn't go back home to Baltimore for the offseason and not see Helen for months so they got married in Baltimore.]]> 2021-05-15 22:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1527576881 Luckily for Babe, he was not forced to serve in the first World War because he was married. Led by Ruth, the 1916 Red Sox pitching was untouchable. Ruth's bat also came alive this year as he finished 4th in the league in batting average. And because of this, the Boston Red Sox beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1916 World Series and were back to back champions. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1536861620 Despite being suspended 10 games early in the season for punching an umpire, Ruth finished the year with over 20 wins as a starting pitched and hit .325.]]> 2021-05-18 17:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1536861620 In a June 1916 game against Washington, Ruth showed that he had developed a slight temper problem. After walking the first batter of the game on 4 pitches, the umpire was unhappy with Ruth because he argued after every pitch. Ruth threatened the umpire and he was tossed out of the game. Ruth was furious so he stormed the plate and connected with a mean left hook. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1558773288 Page 139 states, "Ruth rushed him. Chester Thomas, the catcher, got between the angry pitcher and the umpire, but Ruth swing anyway, over the catcher's shoulder. He missed with a right, but a left caught Owens on the back of the neck." Ruth was pulled off the field by a police man. Ruth was fined $100 and was suspended for 10 days.]]> 2021-05-25 18:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1558773288 In August on 1918, Babe was informed that his father had died in Baltimore. Ruth was away from the team for 3 days. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1558838192 Page 169 states, "He and the fireman had a few sharp words, and when the man left, Ruth followed him outside. They got into a fight, in the course of which Ruth fell and hit the back of his head. He was carried into the bar and then was taken to University Hospital, where he died."]]> 2021-05-25 18:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1558838192 During the 1919 season, Ruth made history. Ruth passed Edward Nagle Williamson for the most home runs hit in a season. In 1884, Williamson set the record with 27. However in a game against the New York Yankees, Ruth hit his 28th of the year and put himself in the history books. He would later hit his 29th in Washington during the last weekend of the season. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1566171522 Page 203 states, "Ruth broke Williamson's record a few days later in New York with another landmark drive, this one over a distant section of the Polo Grounds roof-yes, the longest ever hit at the Polo Grounds, according to reports of the game."]]> 2021-05-27 18:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1566171522 After the 1919 season, Ruth was sold to the New York Yankees. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1566251413 Page 212 states, "Huggins wired Ruppert, and in New York the press was called in and told the startling news that the Red Sox had sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees. It was Monday, January 5, 1920."]]> 2021-05-27 18:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1566251413 After an outstanding 1920 season, Babe Ruth followed it up with an even more impressive 1921 season. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1577317012 Page 239 states, "He batted .378. He had 119 extra base hits (59 homers, 16 triples, 44 doubles). He scored 177 runs and batted in 170. His slugging average, .846, was one point lower than the record he set in 1920 (and which still stands), but he had 457 total bases, far beyond his 1920 figure."]]> 2021-06-01 18:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1577317012 After the 1921 season in which the Yankees fell short to the Giants in the World Series, Ruth took a lot of time off. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1577331597 The league expects the players to participate in some exhibition games after the season is over. However Ruth did not do this. He and one of his teammates took a trip up to Buffalo. This angered the league commissoner. He threatened consequences on Ruth but, Babe didn't budge. Eventually, Ruth was fined his World Series earnings, $3,362, and was to be suspended the first 6 weeks of the 1922 season. This didn't hurt Ruth's wallet at all though as he later negotiated his salary to $52,000.]]> 2021-06-01 18:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1577331597 In 1922, Ruth showed that he still has those same anger problems that he did when he was in Baltimore and Boston. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1583353280 Page 265 states, "On August 30 in New York Babe hit a home run in his first time at bat but was called out on strikes the second time up. He objected loudly and obscenely, and plate umpire Tom Connolly threw him out of the game. Ruth played again the next day, but on September 1 Ban Johnson notified him that he was suspended again, this time for three days for abusing the umpire. Five suspensions in one year, surely that's one Babe Ruth record nobody is ever going to break."]]> 2021-06-03 18:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1583353280 Once again Ruth showed why he was the best player in baseball during the 1923 season. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1587177515 In 1923 Babe Ruth hit .393, the highest of his career, and led the league in Home Runs with 41. He also led the league in runs scored, RBI's, total bases, slugging average and walks. Almost 50% of his hits were extra base hits and more than half of the times he was walked was on purpose so that opposing pitchers did not have to pitch to him.]]> 2021-06-05 18:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1587177515 Babe Ruth followed up his 1923 season with an equally impressive 1924 season. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1587183968 Ruth hit .378 to win his first and only batting title. He had 46 Home Runs and finished second in the league in RBI's. However, Ruth's strong performance didn't lead the Yankees to their third straight pennant. They finished second behind Washington. ]]> 2021-06-05 18:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1587183968 Ruth began not to feel well during some exhibition games prior to the 1925 season. He fought a fever that was off and on for multiple weeks. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1587190603 Finally, Ruth decided to seek medical attention. After being taken to the Hospital in an ambulance, the doctor announced that he had intestinal abscess. A 20 minute surgery was performed on Ruth. The doctor said the cause of this was because of how reckless Babe was about what he was eating and drinking during the offseason. Ruth finally left the hospital on May 26 after arriving on April 9.]]> 2021-06-05 18:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1587190603 Ruth was very friendly towards reporters. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1594114926 Ruth was the hottest topic in baseball so he was often interviewed. Ruth would always comply with reporters and would go out of his way to answer their questions. Ruth was also very friendly towards kids and would often sign autographs.]]> 2021-06-08 22:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1594114926 Babe Ruth's former wife, Helen, was killed in a house fire. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1594116643 Babe starting seeing Claire, another woman, around 2 years ago. He stopped seeing Helen 3 and 1/2 years ago. Helen was living with her new husband when she was killed. This deeply saddened Ruth and he attended the funeral service. Because Ruth was catholic. He could not get a divorce, so he was technically married to Helen the entire time. Her death allowed him to marry Claire. ]]> 2021-06-08 22:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1594116643 In the 1932 World Series, Ruth performed his famous "called shot" in which he pointed to the center field bleachers and then proceeded to hit a home run to that exact spot the very next pitch. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1596954357 Game 3 of the 1932 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Yankees was tied 4-4 in the 5th inning. Ruth stepped up to the plate and took 4 pitches to make the count 2-2. On the 5th pitch Ruth hit a home run to center field. It is controversial as to whether or not Ruth called his shot. There are many sources that say he did and many that say he didn't. The author of the book chooses to believe that he did not.]]> 2021-06-09 22:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1596954357 Footage of Babe Ruth's supposed "Called Shot" watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1599226192 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQlvaiDNBMQ]]> 2021-06-10 17:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1599226192 On August 16, 1948, Babe Ruth died of cancer. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1601958262 Page 424 states, ""It was a terrible moment. Ruth was so thin it was unbelievable. He had been such a big man, and his arms were just skinny little bones and his face was so haggard. When I came in he lifted his eyes towards me and raised his right arm a little, only about three or four inches off the bed, and then it fell back again' ... 'I stayed a few minutes and left and I spoke to Claire again across the hall and then I went home and the next day he was dead.'"]]> 2021-06-11 21:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1601958262 Babe Ruth giving a speech during "Babe Ruth Day" in 1948. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1601967395 2021-06-11 21:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1601967395 A link to an article containing more information about Babe Ruth's childhood. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1601969551 2021-06-11 21:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1601969551 Article about Babe Ruth punching an umpire and then the pitcher who relieved him threw a no-hitter. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1601977209 2021-06-11 21:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1601977209 Website showing the stats to Ruth's first ever World Series win. watrojac000 https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1601989278 2021-06-11 22:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/watrojac000/vxuy562jzi64e91h/wish/1601989278