Word: babe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...unforgettable, even when he struck out. His swing whirled him around until his slender legs were twisted beneath him. And the times when his big bat did connect were baseball's biggest moments. The spell lasted until the Babe had trotted around the base paths, taking mincing steps on his small feet, tipping his cap to the mighty, reverent roar from the stands...
Handsome Living. In the golden '20s, the years of the big names-the years of Dempsey, Tilden and Bobby Jones-Babe Ruth was the biggest draw of them all. With his big bat, he put baseball back on its feet and back in the hearts of the fans after the 1919 "Black Sox" scandal...
...emotions were always out on the surface, which was one reason all the fans thought they knew and understood him. Even when the late Jimmy Walker gave him a talking-to before a banquet, the Babe gulped, and with enormous tears rolling down his enormous face, promised the kids of America he would reform. He tried to. But nothing could stop him from living handsomely...
...made more than $2,000,000 and spent most of it. He once confessed: "I lost $35,000 on one horse race alone." Ban Johnson, late president of the American League once said with asperity but accuracy: "Ruth has the mind of a 15-year-old boy." The Babe couldn't-even remember the names of his teammates. He greeted everybody, old or young, with his famed welcome: "Hello...
Bedside Manner. One day, when a stranger asked the Babe to autograph three baseballs, the Babe said: "Who for?" For a bedridden boy, explained the stranger. "Where is he?" asked the Babe. He insisted on riding the twelve miles to deliver them in person. The boy's mother led the big fellow into the sickroom, and broke into tears as her son sat up in bed. "He's been delirious," she said, "and he thinks he's dreaming...