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  • The SULTAN Of Swat, The KING of Rock - YES, Back Then - and a queen?

    08/16/2023 5:42:12 PM PDT · by Ozguy1945 · 7 replies
    https://freedom-demokrasi-and-civilised-humanity.com/ ^ | 16th August, 2023, American time | Ozguy1945
    Pop diva Madonna was born in Bay City Michigan on the 16th august, 1958. On the same date, in 1948 and 1977 , Babe Ruth and Elvis Presley died. A Sultan Of Swat, A King Of Rock and Roll and, arguably, a queen of pop. The Bambino thoroughly deserved his GOAT (greatest of all time) title. To my knowledge, only Bradman in cricket could compare with him in that respect. Until the Beatles came along and reinvented rock as Mersey beat pop music then, on Sergeant Peppers, as a dazzling kaleidescope, Elvis was King, transcending in some but not all...
  • Aussie Musings On Babe Ruth, Horace Greeley's "Go West Young Man", George Steinbrenner And The Babe-A Lisa Of Slides

    07/12/2023 6:13:33 PM PDT · by Ozguy1945 · 2 replies
    https://freedom-demokrasi-and-civilised-humanity.com/ ^ | 13th July, 2023, Australian time | Ozguy1945
    On this date, July 13, in 2010, George Steinbrenner died, and, much earlier, in 1865, publisher and Whig politician, Horace Greeley, is said to have advised his readers: “Washington [D.C.] is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable. Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country.” (Has anything changed?) Steinbrenner was born in Ohio and died in Florida, but is most famous for owning the New York Yankees for 37 colorful years. His brash leadership is said to have been...
  • The Babe hit # 714 and then said goodbye: On this day in 1935

    05/25/2023 7:19:04 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 52 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 05/25/2023 | Silvio Canto Jr.
    Babe Ruth is #3 on the home run list behind Bonds and Aaron. However, 714 is one of those magic numbers for baseball fans like me. 60 (later 61) and 714 were the big baseball numbers that we grew up hearing about. Frankly, I never thought that anyone would catch Ruth's 714. At the same time, I cheered Aaron all the way, especially after he got to 700 and eventually passed Ruth in 1974.Babe Ruth hit # 714 on this day in 1935. Like everything else, he did it with style and noise. This is how it went down: Every...
  • Babe Ruth's record: The Sultan of Swat's home run record is about to fall — without steroids.

    09/07/2022 9:42:03 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 97 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 09/07/2022 | James T. Moodey
    I run one of the original, Daniel Okrent fantasy baseball leagues that we started in 1988. Daniel Okrent named it Rotisserie baseball after the Rotisserie Restaurant in New York, where he penciled the first rules that became known as fantasy sports. Over the years, we learned how to spot baseball players who were on steroids. Their batting average leaped by as much as 80 points, and the power increase was obvious. We believe that McGwire, Sosa, and Bonds took high doses of steroids when they passed Babe Ruth's 60–home run record. Roger Maris obviously did not take steroids, but his...
  • The Wisdom of Babe Ruth Endorsing Donald Trump for 2024

    08/29/2021 6:45:34 AM PDT · by Ozguy1945 · 24 replies
    https://freedom-demokrasi-and-civilised-humanity.com/ ^ | 29 August 2021 Australian time | Ozguy1945
    Can I call this The Blessing of The Bambino? As the time for The Fall Classic approaches, is it the right time to think of the thoughts of a truly great American winner on what it takes to win? Babe Ruth saw perseverance as unbeatable. To what extent are such thoughts also relevant to the 2024 elections? (2022 looks like a given as a Republican triumph to me.) But in 2024 should the GOP stick to the incredible tenacity and political genius of Trump in communicating with and representing America's forgotten people? Or is it likely to be the right...
  • Donald Trump and the Babe Ruth Winning Spirit Of Freedom

    11/15/2020 1:03:44 PM PST · by Ozguy1945 · 2 replies
    https://freedom-demokrasi-and-civilised-humanity.com ^ | 16th November 2020 Australian Time | Ozguy1945
    I believe the most important fact for the world about President Donald Trump is his tenacious commitment to freedom. The strength and courage he showed when he stood at the White House and told people not to let the Coronavirus dominate them was glorious. Around the world lockdown madness is letting leftist governments destroy freedom and burden economies of future generations with mountains of debt. They do this with lies and coercive violence against their own peoples. (https://freedom-demokrasi-and-civilised-humanity.com/2020/09/03/police-state-bastardry/) Potus 45 speaks up against them and cuts through. Thank you, America, for giving the rest of us hope,
  • Today's Quotefall Puzzle by Babe Ruth

    03/07/2020 7:54:58 AM PST · by GOP Congress · 1 replies
    Self-Published | 3/7/2020 | Self-Published
    Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Babe Ruth. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Babe Ruth is considered to be the most famous baseball player of all time. His home run record, created in an era where the balls were much harder to hit for distance, stood until it was finally surpassed by Hank Aaron in 1974. All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to prevent...
  • "Suspicious Minds": Trump accused of racism for honoring Elvis, as he awards Medal of Freedom

    11/16/2018 10:19:24 AM PST · by Altura Ct. · 73 replies
    Fox ^ | 11/16/2018
    Not everyone believes Elvis is the king. President Trump will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to seven Americans on Friday, including the late rock star Elvis Presley, though even that gesture is coming under fire from liberals. Trump is honoring Presley, baseball legend Babe Ruth, former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, philanthropist Miriam Adelson, Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, jurist Alan Page, and Hall-of-Fame quarterback Roger Staubach. Still, some have accused Trump of racism for honoring Presley, long known as the "King of Rock and Roll." The Washington Post’s pop culture critic Chris Richards called Trump’s move “a little nod...
  • Moe Berg: catcher, lawyer, spy

    04/22/2018 8:39:04 AM PDT · by fugazi · 6 replies
    Unto the Breach ^ | April 22, 2018 | Chris Carter
    On this day in 1934, Washington Senator's backup catcher Morris "Moe" Berg's streak of 117 games in a row without committing an error comes to an end, setting an American League record. Berg wasn't your typical athlete: before signing with the Brooklyn Robins (they wouldn't become the Dodgers until 1932), he graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. magna cum laude in modern languages. Ted Lyons, Berg's teammate with the White Sox, would say that "he can speak seven languages but can't hit in any of them." Berg didn't have a great bat, but when every one of manager Ray...
  • Two-way Japanese Star Shohei Ohtani Agrees to Sign With Angels

    12/08/2017 12:51:16 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 39 replies
    ESPN ^ | 12/8
    Japanese star Shohei Ohtani has agreed to sign with the Los Angeles Angels, his agent said on Friday. In addition to the Angels, Ohtani had met with the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners. "Shohei is humbled and flattered by all the time and effort that so many teams put into their presentations and sincerely thanks them for their professionalism," his agent, Nez Balelo, said in a statement. "In the end, he felt a strong connection with the Angels and believes they can best help him reach his goals in...
  • Hyde: Is Stanton the legit HR king if he hits 62? Even he wonders | Commentary

    08/18/2017 12:16:26 PM PDT · by EveningStar · 14 replies
    South Florida Sun-Sentinel ^ | August 16, 2017 | Dave Hyde
    If I’m Giancarlo Stanton, I’d feel conflicted about the Steroid Era, too. I’d think Roger Maris’ 61 home runs in a season is the legitimate record, too. “Considering some things, I do,’’ he said Wednesday. If I’m Stanton, I’d note the only three players to hit more than 61 home runs – Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa – had more performance-enhancing drugs in them than an East German swim team. “But at the same time it doesn’t matter,’’ Stanton said. “The record is the record. But, personally, I do [think 61 is the record]... If PED users like...
  • Sick Boy Gets Visit From Melania, Then Almost Immediately Gets The News

    06/29/2017 9:34:19 AM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 20 replies
    America Now ^ | June 28, 2017 | Charles Roberts, CNN
    A young Greek boy awaiting a heart transplant had his wish come true shortly after being visited by First Lady Melania Trump. The first lady visited the boy at a pediatric hospital in Rome on May 24, after she and her husband, President Donald Trump met with Pope Francis at the Vatican, reports CNN. "Upon landing in Belgium, I learned a young boy and his family who had been waiting for a heart transplant was informed that the hospital has found a donor," the first lady said in a statement. "I read a book and held hands with this special...
  • As Jeter steps off the stage the base-bile oozes out of those who don’t know how America works

    09/29/2014 10:15:39 AM PDT · by Oldpuppymax · 42 replies
    Coach is Right ^ | 9/29/14 | Kevin "Coach" Collins
    For most of the last twenty years the rest of the Baseball world watched Derek Jeter and his team play in October. Yes time and the odds finally caught to the Yankees over the past few seasons and on a few occasions the tables have turned, but that was inevitable. Now Jeter is stepping away from baseball as one of the all-time greats of the game. He doesn’t sit on a tiny plateau at the top of baseball lore by default for being around a long time and being one of those who have besmirched and embarrassed baseball. He’s at...
  • "The Babe Ruth Story"***

    07/18/2013 3:24:22 PM PDT · by virgil283 · 10 replies
    "The baseball player goes from wayward youth to Boston Red Sox pitcher to New York Yankees home-run hero"...William Bendix, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford....The famed slugger is played by Bendix, who resembles Ruth slightly in looks and not at all in baseball ability. The film traces the "life and times" of Ruth, including his famous "called shot" in the 1932 World Series".....TCM...Fri 7/19 10:00AM-12:00PM CST
  • All-Time All-Stars: Part II (Thomas Sowell)

    07/06/2012 11:08:24 AM PDT · by jazusamo · 25 replies
    Creators Syndicate ^ | July 6, 2012 | Thomas Sowell
    <p>Trying to choose the greatest pitcher of all time is at least as difficult as trying to choose the greatest hitter of all time. In both cases, the best we can do is narrow down the list.</p> <p>Outside a charmed circle of five batters, no one had both a higher lifetime batting average and a higher lifetime slugging average than any of those five. In alphabetical order, they are Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig, Rogers Hornsby, Babe Ruth and Ted Williams. There are other batters whose lifetime records came close, including Barry Bonds, Jimmie Foxx and Hank Greenberg. But close cannot define the greatest.</p>
  • Lefty Gomez's 16-mm Video of His Trip to Japan

    05/21/2012 12:45:03 PM PDT · by thurmant · 7 replies
    FixMLB ^ | 5/21/12 | Henry
    In 1934, Lefty Gomez, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and other American League and National League stars barnstormed in Japan. Gomez captured many images of the trip with his 16-mm camera. An excerpt from the forthcoming book Lefty: American Odyssey is featured in this week’s Sports Illustrated. Some of the intriguing video footage can be viewed, courtesy of Random House.
  • No, No, Not Quite: or, Again, The Real Story of Babe, Harry, and a Certain Broadway Hit . . .

    03/16/2012 4:18:28 PM PDT · by BluesDuke · 2 replies · 1+ views
    Throneberry Fields Forever ^ | 16 March 2012 | Yours truly
    Says Tracy Ringolsby, Hall of Fame baseball writer ruminating over baseball’s long enough history of ownership troubles: “There’s been troubled ownership in baseball since at least the days of Babe Ruth, who in 1919 was sold by Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee to the New York Yankees for $125,000 because Frazee needed money to fund his Broadway musical No, No, Nannette.” Say I: Aw, jeez, not this crap again. Ringolsby, customarily one of the game’s better writers, seems blissfully unaware that the No, No, Nanette myth (notice he couldn’t even spell it right) was debunked several years ago. As...
  • Albert Pujols just ties World Series record with 3 home runs in a game!

    10/22/2011 9:13:52 PM PDT · by Vigilanteman · 71 replies
    MLB ^ | 22 October 2011 | Albert Pujols
    Pujols joins Reggie Jackson and Babe Ruth as the only player to ever hit 3 home runs in a single World Series game.
  • 'Medium' finds Babe Ruth's piano

    08/05/2010 9:50:26 AM PDT · by JoeProBono · 26 replies
    upi ^ | Aug. 4, 2010
    SUDBURY, Mass.- A Massachusetts "forensic medium" says she used her otherworldly gifts to find Babe Ruth's piano at the bottom of a pond. Sheila Marie of Medway said she was recruited by historical investigator Kevin Kennedy to help locate the piano reputed to have been tossed into Willis Pond in Sudbury during partying decades ago, the Boston Herald reported Wednesday. Marie described herself as a "forensic medium" who uses her powers to find lost objects and assist in police investigations. Kennedy said he has long been searching the pond, where the piano was rumored to have been submerged decades ago,...
  • HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, BABE - MAKING THE CASE TO RETIRE HIS NUMBER "3"

    02/07/2009 1:05:37 PM PST · by andrew roman · 23 replies · 567+ views
    Roman Around ^ | 7 February 2009 | Andrew Roman
    Once upon a time, when radio was still paying my bills, I took the calculated risk of veering away from all of the easy Monica Lewinsky chatter and dedicated an hour of airtime to the idea of retiring the number "3" throughout Major League Baseball in honor of the game's most important - and arguably greatest - player of all, Babe Ruth. Jackie Robinson's "42" had recently been retired - something that seemed perfectly fine to me - but it occurred to me that if Robinson was being honored by such an unprecedented move, it made at least as...