Babe Ruth Fast Facts To Celebrate His B-Day 2/6

Full Name: George Herman Ruth, Jr.
Born: February 6, 1895, Baltimore, Maryland
Died: August 16, 1948, New York
Burial location: Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York

Height: 6'2"
Weight: 215 lbs.
Nicknames: The Babe, The Great Bambino, The Sultan of Swat, The Home Run King

Positions: Outfield, Pitcher, First Base
Teams: 1914-19 Boston Red Sox, 1920-34 New York Yankees, 1935 Boston Braves
Jersey number: 3 (retired by the New York Yankees June 13, 1948)

Batted: Left (used a custom built Louisville Slugger model R-43. The bat was 36" 42 oz.)
Threw: Left

Married: Helen Woodford (1919-1929), Claire Hodgson (1929-1948).
Children: Dorothy, Julia
Hobbies: Golf, hunting, fishing, bowling, travel

Stats:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ruthba01.shtml

Father And Son Carry On The Baseball Tradition

My Son and I are Yankees fans (pictured here at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Friday June 6th, 2003 when the Yanks beat the Cubs 5-3 while playing them for the first time in 60 years-it was the first time the Yankees played under the lights there), as we carry on the tradition of rooting for the team that was a favorite of my father's; no we are not from New York (my son lives in Arizona and I am in Illinois)...but my Dad was a Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig fan as a youth: I was in little league growing up but track became my sport of choice and I went on to consistently win or place in many high and low hurdle contests...but I always followed baseball...my son became very good at baseball and stayed with it from t-ball through the end of highschool. We now try to get together at least once a year to take in a Yankees game in New York at Yankees Stadium...and so to those good times with my son, RJ, this blog is devoted















...My son RJ, a center-fielder in highschool





...The subway sign to Yankee Stadium from Central Park West













..."The Dynasty"





...Babe Ruth's "called shot", the home run The Bambino hit in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, held on 1 October 1932 at Wrigley Field in Chicago








..."Mt. Crushmore" includes Babe Ruth