121 today. On Thursday, I showed my class the AL league stats for 1920.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1920.shtml
I was emphatically trying to focus their attention on the fact that Ruth out-homered every other team in the league, but the magnitude of that seemed to escape them.
― clemenza, Saturday, 6 February 2016 17:22 (six years ago) link
Anyone read Jane Leavy's bio?
https://sabr.org/latest/jane-leavys-big-fella-babe-ruth-wins-2019-sabr-seymour-medal
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 15:22 (three years ago) link
Almost died during the 1918 epidemic, apparently--not because of the flu, which he did contract, but rather a quack treatment.
https://www.insidehook.com/article/sports/influenza-pandemic-that-nearly-killed-babe-ruth
― clemenza, Saturday, 20 February 2021 18:07 (one year ago) link
Jimmy Breslin, writing about Babe Ruth: pic.twitter.com/EdBYWdGBJV— Todd Radom (@ToddRadom) September 7, 2021
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 17:04 (eleven months ago) link