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Third District (7/4): Ginny Allan (D), Leonard H. Golder (D), Garrett J. Barry (D), Howard I. Goldstein (D), John W. Costello (D), Ruth E. Nemzoff (D), Marilyn Petitto Devaney (D), Francis Thomas "Frank" Talty (D), John Henry DeJong...
...boys of summer are bigger these days; that's one explanation for the homerpalooza. In workout rooms they sculpt their bodies like works of art and war, partly because they know the big hits generated by big muscles will earn them big bucks. Ruth knew that too, but he was able to belt taters while defiling the temple of his body. He indulged in illegal drugs (alcohol during Prohibition) and occasionally the illicit honey of a hooker's caress. No one seemed to mind. The Babe was a swaggering kid, a genius and a naif, having fun being the best...
...Sosa are likely to stay there, becoming the first non-Yankees to hold the homer record since 1919, when a Red Sox pitcher-outfielder named Ruth hit 29. They won't have diminished the Babe's achievements--partly because he was so much better than the best of his day. (In 1927, when Ruth smacked his 60, only one other player, Lou Gehrig, hit more than half that number.) And partly because baseball fans, the most traditional of mammals, believe deep in their atavistic hearts that then was better than...
...Record for walks in a single season, held by Babe Ruth...
...Value of a 1915 Sporting News Babe Ruth card...