Babe Ruth

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Term Paper Title	Babe Ruth
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Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

     Babe Ruth is an American hero. He transformed baseball from a sport, to a
national pastime when it needed it the most. Coming off of the wake of the Black
Socks scandal, baseball was headed downhill. It had a bad reputation, and
interest was waning. The dead-ball era was dragging on, and there were to few
baseball "purists" left to support it. Baseball was in search of a new audience,
and Babe Ruth handed it to them on a silver platter. Babe Ruth started the Home
run era of baseball. In the dead-ball scores of 2-1 1-0 was the norm. With the
advent of the Home run era, games that averaged 1-2 runs an inning were common.
What once took a couple hits, walks, and a stolen base to accomplish were being
done with the single swing of a bat. Baseball was now much more enjoyable to
watch. Then  with the invention of the radio, millions of people enjoyed
listening to it.

     George Herman Ruth was born in the early 1890's to a couple of German
immigrants who ran a local bar. His parents had there hand's full with the bar,
and had very little time to tend to young George. His trouble making, and lack
of time on his parents part eventually landed him in St. Mary's Boys school. It
was here that he met the man who Babe claimed to be the greatest man who ever
lived, Brother Mathias. Brother Mathias was the one who handed Babe his
punishments, and it was Babe who always touted his strong, yet caring hand that
led him to baseball. It was also at St. Mary's that Babe started his life of
giving. He would save up his money from his job in the Tailor shop and often
spend it on large amounts of candy to give away to the little boys at St. Mary
who were poor, or orphans.

     Brother Mathias was the one who introduced Babe to baseball, as a
recreational game to play during the spring. It wasn't long until Babe was the
only 13 year old playing on the 16 years and older team. First as a catcher,
then later as a Pitcher. It was here that he first established a prowess for
hitting. His long home runs would leave local audiences speechless. It was his
pitching, however that landed him his first professional job. Jack Dunn of the
then minor league Baltimore Orioles signed him at the young age of 17. He played
a few years for the Orioles, until Dunn sold him to the Boston Red Sox. Babe
pitched well, finally breaking into the Red Sox starting rotation in 1918. Then
the Red Sox ran into some hard luck, and in search of money sold him for the
then huge amount of...

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