When you hear the name Babe Ruth, what do you think of?
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A loudmouth drunk who was a hell of a ball player.
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NOT THE NAME MAKES THE PERSON,THE PERSON MAKES THE NAME.\nI THINK CORIE IS PRETTY NAME.HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Caesar Chavez.\nRead up on him.
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Babe Ruth.  Saved the game single-handedly after the Black Sox scandal.  He hit more home runs himself than most of the other teams did in the early '20s.  To match Ruth's achievements today, Barry Bonds would have to hit 200 homers a year.  They haven't invented the steroid yet that can juice Barry up that much, but if they did, he'd take it for sure.  Ruth was one of the best pitchers in the league between 1915 and 1920.  Set a consecutive scoreless innings pitched record in the World Series that stood for about 50 years.  And for a so-called fat guy, he managed to steal 123 bases in his career.  Greatest player ever?  No contest.  The Babe.
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It really amuses and fascinates me to see people have such blind hatred for someone that don't even know. I'm not here to argue if Bonds is better then Ruth or why people want him to break the record(I'm pretty sure the only people who like him are Giants fans). I just don't think we should all judge him so quickly and harshly. I mean when you take away the bat and uniform he's just a hard working father of 3 kids. I don't agree with a lot of the choices he's made(roids), we all make mistakes, but people are ignorant to think he's the only one in baseball to have done them. And if he's not the only one to have done them the why is he the only one being thrown under the bus.  \nI'm not saying he doesn't deserve some of this scrutiny...I am saying he doesn't deserve nearly as much as we(public/media/MLB) are giving him.
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more like BALCO BONDS he is a dicrace to baseball he should have an * next to his records. babe ruth and hank arron deserve to be worshiped by baseball fans not bonds and this all his store bought talent.\n\nwho would hit more homeruns the babe or bond on steroids.\n\nanswer babe 100,000 bonds 713!!!!!!!!
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Maybe, but he's definitely over-rated. As to your comment that he never took drugs, he was an alcoholic. During Prohibition (when liquor was outlawed by constitutional amendment in the US). \n\nDid you know that he was the all-time leader in strikeouts when he retired? Did you know that the right field wall at Yankee Stadium was designed for the pull hitting lefty at just 295 feet? Did you know that he modeled his uppercut swing after Shoeless Joe Jackson and pioneered the home run era? Did you know that Ted Williams had a higher career on-base percentage and played in an era more tailored to pitching? Did you know that balls that hit the warning track area and bounced into the stands were counted as homers in Ruth's time (not as ground-rule doubles like today)? Did you know that Lou Gehrig hit clean-up while Ruth hit third?\n\nHe sure didn't hit against any Black pitchers either, and the fatass should have dieted--he may have hit 900 homers if he had taken care of himself. Barry Bonds, roids or not, has the best batting eye I've ever seen. At least he took drugs to amplify his talents; not to waste what God gave him.
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The Babe was a better all around athlete. He pitched as well as being an outfielder. Only time will tell how Bonds will be judged.
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The big one was the curse of the Babe. \n\nBoston traded Babe Ruth to the Yankees and that's when they started losing... and when the Yankees started winning.\n\nBoston always had a good team. ALWAYS... but they never won until 2 years ago.
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I couldn’t find anybody with that name to have played baseball.  Thou he may have played under another name you may want to check out this site http://www.baseball-reference.com/
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Babe Ruth.  Not only was he a great player, and the most famous person and personality in the US when he played, he changed the way the game was played. Prior to him the most famous home run hitter was "Home Run" Baker -- who hit 12 in a season.  Ruth hit 60.\n\nIn addition, he was a very good pitcher when he started, and outrageously good at getting on base.
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Whether Bonds is racist doesn't concern me, but if he cheated using steroids it does.  Aaron and Ruth are both good players.
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No, and who cares. It's not like it's the main big record or anything important.\n\nFace it, babe ruth's is history, just another player who played the game...no longer a legend in his own mind.
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heres hte whole story in nutshell       On Feb. 6, 1895, 111 years ago, a legend was born. Today we celebrate the birth and life of George Herman Ruth, Jr., more commonly known as Babe Ruth, or arguably the best baseball player of all time. \n\nBabe Ruth once said, “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” His confidence and perseverance are what led to his success. This legendary sports figure continues to inspire millions by his astounding accomplishments in baseball. \n\nThroughout his record-setting career, Babe amazed fans with his abilities. His career .690 slugging percentage is the highest total in the history of Major League Baseball. He remains the only player ever to hit three home runs in a World Series game on two separate occasions – Game 4 of the 1926 Series and Game 4 of the 1928 Series. In 1927, his 60 home runs accounted for 14 percent of all home runs in the American League. \n\nBabe was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. He was honored as the American League’s Most Valuable Player in 1923 and the American League All-Star in 1933 and 1934. Throughout his career, he also won 12 American League Homerun Titles. \n\nPosthumously, Babe continues to receive honors. He was named to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999. The Associated Press named him Athlete of the Century that same year. ESPN recognized Babe as one of the Athletes of the Century as well. \n\nHistory will remember Babe Ruth as an incredible athlete whose name will forever be synonymous with greatness in baseball. On his birthday, February 6, we celebrate his legacy.
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Point by point\n\n-The Babe was a great (if not the greatest) baseball player.  His behavior off the field was lewd at best.  But during his heyday, athletes wern't celebrites, they were athletes.  Just like Beckham or Kobe, it shouldn't matter what you do after the final whistle.  But those guys are in an era now where athletes are interchangable with celebrites.\n\n-At the time Hank Aaron broke Babe's record, racism was still running strong.  People that grew up with The Babe believed that his HR record would never be broken - especially by someone of color.  But I'd bet that for every piece of hate mail he received, he got 3 congratulating him.\n\n-Bonds is obviously on something, just like Canseco, McGuire, Palmero...  Look at (pics and stats) these players in the late 80's compared to now.  There is a huge difference, literally!  And being innocent until proven guilty only applies in court - you are guilty when convicted.  Bonds has not been charged with a crime, he is being tried by the public and media.  There is no jury and no verdict.  His guilt depends on who you ask (I say guilty).\n\n-I would want Bonds on my team.  He's a homerun machine.  His on-base percentage is the highest in the Majors (because no one pitches to him).  His is injury-proned, so I'd like to see him on an American League team as a DH.  If he plays a full season in the outfield without tweeking his knee, then the Giants have a good shot at winning the World Series.\n\n*Are you from Canada or England?
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If you are just talking hitting, then there are few that can hold a candle to Ruth. Aaron is in that conversation, but Ruth is really in his own category when it comes to hitting. The one thing that Aaron has over Ruth is durability, probably due to that fact he was a much better all around athlete. Aaron's prime years ran much longer than Ruth's, but Ruth's prime years outshined any others.
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Haha, lol at the answer before me... xD\n\nUm, I think it's just a really cutesy name for someone.