Babe Ruth
The crowd that jammed Chicago's Wrigley Field booed when the big
man with the barrel-shaped body and pipestem legs came up to bat. It
was the third game of the 1932 World Series between the Chicago Cubs
and the New York Yankees. The score was 4-4 in the fifth inning. Cub
pitcher Charlie Root threw one strike, then another. Grinning, the
batter stepped back and seemed to point to the distant center-field
bleachers. Root pitched, the big man swung, and the ball soared into
the bleachers for a home run. The hitter was Babe Ruth, probably the
most revered of bas ....
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