Babe Ruth

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Babe Ruth

• Eric Jonathon

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Introduction

• Lets go a ball game and watch Ruth play.
• To this day hes simply revered as the babe.
• The greatest ball player who ever lived

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Childhood

• He developed his personality in the blue color
  neighborhood of Baltimore where he was born in
  1895.
• Ruths father Big George owned a saloon working
  long hours to make a living and Little George
  fell in with a tough crowd.
• I was a bum when I was a kid Ruth said.

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Early Career

• Ruth was invited to spring training by the
  Orioles the International League in February
  1914.
• Although he wowed with both of his arms and his
  bat in North Carolina he soon broke for the
  Boston Red Sox.
• By now it is common knowledge that Ruth, The
  Sultan of Swat, who shattered the homerun records
  of his day was a major league pitcher.
• Before he was a position player few realized
  however just how good Ruth was as a pitcher.

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All His Season

• He had a career ERA of 2.28.
• In 1916 he won 23 games as a starter and posted
  a 1.75 ERA for Boston.
• By the 1920s as a member of the New York Yankees.
• Ruth was settled in the outfield most importantly
  ,in the every day lineup he would become the
  first player in Big League history to hit 30
  homeruns in a season.
• To his arrival in New York the long ball record 4
  a sea son was 12 in 1920 his 1st as a Yankee Ruth
  rapped 54 the 714th and the final homer of his
  career came May ,25 1935.
• As a member of the Boston Braves and was the 1st
  hit completely out of Forbes field .

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End Of Career

• The curse of the bambino witch supposedly had
  haunted them for decades also was lingering .
• Legend had it that Boston believed they where
  still mewling from a move they made on January
  3,1920.
• When cash strapped owner Harry Frazee, sold Babe
  Ruth to the Yankees 100,000 and a 300,000 loan.

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Ending

• Once in the 1932 World Series Babe Ruth pointed
  to the center field bleachers he was calling his
  shot then on the next pitch he hit a towering 400
  foot homerun.
• And thats how he became the best baseball player
  whoever lived.
• THE END

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