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    Babe Ruth was born in 1895 and grew up at St. Mary's Industrial School in Baltimore, where he discovered his talent for baseball. A monk at the school, Brother Matthias, recognized Ruth's natural abilities and arranged for him to get a contract with the Baltimore Orioles in 1914. Ruth started as an outfielder for the Orioles and was later sold to the Boston Red Sox, where he also pitched. In 1919, he was sold to the New York Yankees and became a full-time outfielder, hitting a record 54 home runs that year. Ruth ended his career in 1948 holding the record of 714 career home runs and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He lost

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    Babe Ruth was born in 1895 and grew up at St. Mary's Industrial School in Baltimore, where he discovered his talent for baseball. A monk at the school, Brother Matthias, recognized Ruth's natural abilities and arranged for him to get a contract with the Baltimore Orioles in 1914. Ruth started as an outfielder for the Orioles and was later sold to the Boston Red Sox, where he also pitched. In 1919, he was sold to the New York Yankees and became a full-time outfielder, hitting a record 54 home runs that year. Ruth ended his career in 1948 holding the record of 714 career home runs and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He lost

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    June 2013

    BASEBALL WEEKLY

    Legend Week

    BABE RUTH
    "I SWING BIG, WITH EVERYTHING I'VE GOT. I HIT BIG OR I MISS BIG. I LIKE TO LIVE AS BIG AS I CAN." - George Herman Babe Ruth, Jr. On February 6th 1895, George Herman Ruth Jr. was born. He grew up at St. Marys Industrial School, a strict school in Baltimore, MD, just for boys. While attending this school, he became interested in sports, but mostly baseball. During his free time at the school he would be playing baseball. At this school he met a monk names Brother Matthias. George looked up to Matthias as a fatherly gure. Brother Matthias knew george was a natural when he saw him play. He discusses with the other brothers and suggested bringing the owner of the
    Babe Ruth

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    Baltimore Orioles, Jack Dunn, to the school to watch him play. Dunn knew he had a real talent and offered him a contract in 1914. After getting to know they players, they started to call Jacks newest babe, therefor it stuck. Babe played outeld for the Orioles, and then was put on a leading sale to the Boston Red Sox. With Boston, he had played pitcher. His ERA was at a 2.01 when he was sold to the New York Yankees in

    1919. With them, he became an full-time outelder. During this year, he made a record of 54 home runs. He was denitely one of the greatest players in history. Georges seasons ended on June 13, 1948 with an amazing record in baseball history. He had hit a total of 714 home runs. He made it to the Baseball Hall of Fame. On August 16, 1948, Babe lost his ght with cancer. All fans of baseball will always remember #3.

    TRANSFORMATION

    Warming up for a big hit

    Cal Ripkin Jr.


    Cal Ripkin also known as The Iron Man because of his struggle, was on of the greatest players of all time. He didnt miss a game in 16 years!

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