Babe Ruth, Informative - 1604 Words

Everyone has heard of the infamous â€Å"Babe Ruth†, but few people know that his birth given name is George Herman Ruth, Jr. He lived from February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948, and was best known as Babe Ruth and nicknamed the Bambino and the Sultan of Swat. Babe was an American baseball player who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) playing for three teams between the years of 1914–1935. The most important points of Babe’s life are his early childhood, his major league baseball career, and the legacy that Babe left behind. Ruth came from German-American parents, Kate Schamberger-Ruth and George Herman Ruth, Sr. His parents owned a succession of saloons (bars) and sold lightning rods. Babe Ruth was one of seven children;†¦show more content†¦Babe’s amazing pitching allowed the Red Sox to win the World Series again, four games to one. Ruth extended his World Series consecutive scoreless inning streak to 29â…” innings, a recorded that would last until almost fifty years later. Inly July 1918, Ruth walked off the field due to a dispute with the manager, a mistake that would soon lead him to be traded to the Yankees. However Ruth wouldn’t go out without a fight. Ruth placed a â€Å"curse† on the Red Sox for trading him to the Yankees. The Red Sox didn’t win another World Series until 2004 (86 years later). On December 26, 1919, Babe Ruth was traded to the Yankees. Several reasons such as Babe’s negative attitude and his demand for a double in his salary led his trade to the New York Yankees for almost $2mil (in now a days dollars). Babe would stay with the Yankees from 1919-1935. During his career with the Yankees, Babe Ruth emerged from a pitcher, to an all-star hitter. In 1920, Babe hit 54 home runs and his .847 slugging average would remain a Major League Baseball record for over 80 years. The best year of Ruth’s career was 1921, hitting 59 home runs, batting .378 and slugging .846. Ruth also hit a record high of 139 home runs on July 18, 1921. Ruth’s name soon became synonymous with the term home-run. Babe’s powerful home runs went as far as 575 feet from the home plate. Unfortunately, due to an injury, Babe was not able to play in a majority of the World Series against the New York Giants. This led to theShow MoreRelatedEssay on Babe Ruth1027 Words   |  5 PagesBabe 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 baseballRead MoreFilms About Baseball: A League of Their Own and The Jackie Robinson Story1300 Words   |  6 Pagesis a successful movie. It helps that the movie is based in spirit around real history from the time. I can fully recommend A League of Their Own as an entertaining and informative movie. â€Æ' 42: The Jackie Robinson Story (2013) Jackie Robinson is an American icon. His name comes up perhaps second only to the great Babe Ruth when speaking of baseball so it’s only fitting that a movie was made about him eventually. 42: The Jackie Robinson Story (2013) is about Robinson breaking through the blatantRead MoreDescriptive Analysis6093 Words   |  25 PagesSTRATEGIES Although the narrative and descriptive essays are often given as separate assignments in composition courses, they are combined in this first section so that teachers can present expressive writing and still reserve time for the many forms of informative and argumentative writing. This choice is tricky because it confirms the folk wisdom about expressive writing and rhetorical difficulty. According to custom, students can write narratives first because they are already familiar with storytelling