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

The Science Of Baseball

Check out this website on the "Science of Baseball" from exploratorium.edu

Yankees Salary List For 2008

Here is the list of the Yankees salaries for 2008:

Team	Player	Position	Salary 2008	Median salary position
New York Yankees	Alex Rodriguez	Third Base	$28,000,000	$2,700,000	Details
New York Yankees	Jason Giambi	Designated Hitter	$23,428,571	$8,500,000	Details
New York Yankees	Derek Jeter	Shortstop	$21,600,000	$1,111,666	Details
New York Yankees	Bobby Abreu	Outfielder	$16,000,000	$1,300,000	Details
New York Yankees	Andy Pettitte	Pitcher	$16,000,000	$836,250	Details
New York Yankees	Mariano Rivera	Pitcher	$15,000,000	$836,250	Details
New York Yankees	Jorge Posada	Catcher	$13,100,000	$1,000,000	Details
New York Yankees	Johnny Damon	Outfielder	$13,000,000	$1,300,000	Details
New York Yankees	Hideki Matsui	Outfielder	$13,000,000	$1,300,000	Details
New York Yankees	Mike Mussina	Pitcher	$11,071,029	$836,250	Details
New York Yankees	Carl Pavano	Pitcher	$11,000,000	$836,250	Details
New York Yankees	Kyle Farnsworth	Pitcher	$5,916,666	$836,250	Details
New York Yankees	Chien-Ming Wang	Pitcher	$4,000,000	$836,250	Details
New York Yankees	LaTroy Hawkins	Pitcher	$3,750,000	$836,250	Details
New York Yankees	Robinson Cano	Second base	$3,000,000	$1,056,000	Details
New York Yankees	Jose Molina	Catcher	$1,875,000	$1,000,000	Details
New York Yankees	Morgan Ensberg	Third Base	$1,750,000	$2,700,000	Details
New York Yankees	Andrew Brackman	Pitcher	$1,184,788	$836,250	Details
New York Yankees	Wilson Betemit	Third Base	$1,165,000	$2,700,000	Details
New York Yankees	Brian Bruney	Pitcher	$725,000	$836,250	Details
New York Yankees	Billy Traber	Pitcher	$500,000	$836,250	Details
New York Yankees	Melky Cabrera	Outfielder	$461,200	$1,300,000	Details
New York Yankees	Phil Hughes	Pitcher	$406,350	$836,250	Details
New York Yankees	Shelley Duncan	Designated Hitter	$398,300	$8,500,000	Details
New York Yankees	Sean Henn	Pitcher	$397,448	$836,250	Details

New York Yankees	Ian Kennedy	Pitcher	$394,275	$836,250	Details
New York Yankees	Jeffrey Karstens	Pitcher	$393,300	$836,250	Details
New York Yankees	Jon Albaladejo	Pitcher	$393,225	$836,250	Details
New York Yankees	Ross Ohlendorf	Pitcher	$391,425	$836,250	Details
New York Yankees	Joba Chamberlain	Pitcher	$390,000	$836,250	Details
New York Yankees	Humberto Sanchez	Pitcher	$390,000	$836,250	Details

And Now For Some Humor: Three Red Sox Jokes

Q: What’s the difference between the Boston Red Sox and the Boston Strangler?
A: One chokes only in October.

Q: What do the Red Sox and lawn furniture have in common?
A: They both fold and end up in the cellar after Labor Day!

Q: What is the difference between a Fenway Frank and a Yankee Frank?
A: You can get a Yankee Frank in October!

Final Event Held At Classic Yankees Stadium ?

CC Sabathia (No.52) and AJ Burnett (No.34) were introduced at 1PM EST today (18DEC08) to the public as official Yankees. The news conference was held at the Stadium Club in the confines of the classic Yankees Stadium. They are the top two picks to carry the Yankees into the future from the free agent market.

Who's The Greatest Yankees Fan? He Rivals Me

Okay...check out this video...is this guy "The Greatest Yankees Fan" or what? His name is Darrin Reed and he makes some very valid points as to why, in a very matter-of-fact way and straight-forward manner...he even rivals my son and I for that title...I found myself agreeing with him on many of his observations (except I consider Babe Ruth the greatest Yankee and my son favors Lou Gehrig). I especially liked it when Darrin said, "We're Yankees fans...the most demanding, the most obnoxious and the most loyal fans you're going to find...in other words...we're American. If you don't like the Yankees, you don't like the United States...39 pennants, 26 world series...Winners." I concur. 'NUFF SED.

Greatest Yankee Fan Books-Amazon's Top Ten

1. The 50 Greatest Yankee Games by Cecilia Tan

2. Yankees Century: 100 Years of New York Yankees Baseball by Glenn Stout

3. A Yankee Century: A Celebration of the First Hundred Years of Baseball's Greatest Team by Harvey Frommer

4. The New York Yankees: One Hundred Years, The Official Retrospective by Yankees

5. The Rivals: The New York Yankees vs. the Boston Red Sox---An Inside History by The New York Times

6. Pride of October: What it Was to Be Young and a Yankee by Bill Madden

7. Few and Chosen: Defining Yankee Greatness Across the Eras by Whitey Ford

8. Ten Rings: My Championship Seasons by Yogi Berra

9. Where Have All Our Yankees Gone?: Past the Pinstripes by Brian Jensen

10. October Men: Reggie Jackson, George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, and the Yankees' Miraculous Finish in 1978 by Roger Kahn

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