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Aug. 15—WILKES-BARRE — Gathered around a kiosk in Kirby Park that denotes where the legendary 600-plus-foot home run off the bat of George Herman "Babe" Ruth landed back in 1926, a new event ...
Oct. 8—WILKES-BARRE — On Oct. 12, 1926, Babe Ruth visited Artillery Park in Wilkes-Barre and he blasted what he felt was the longest home run he'd ever hit — the tale of the tape showed that ...
George Herman "Babe" Ruth (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.
As the story goes, the "Sultan of Swat" approached League Park's chief of police, H. Clay Folger, before the game explaining that he would be hitting his 500th home run that night and wanted the ...
"Sultans of Swing" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, written by lead vocalist and guitarist Mark Knopfler. The demo of the song was recorded at Pathway Studios , North London , in July 1977 and quickly acquired a following after it was put in rotation on BBC Radio London .
In 1995, a company representing the Ruth estate licensed his name and likeness for use in a Baby Ruth marketing campaign. [ 19 ] On p. 34 of the spring 2007 edition of the Chicago Cubs game program, there is a full-page ad showing a partially unwrapped Baby Ruth in front of the Wrigley ivy, with the caption, "The official candy bar of major ...
CHICAGO (WGN) - In the mid-1990s, shortly before he died, late WGN broadcaster Jack Brickhouse passed along a vintage piece of Americana to WGN Morning News anchor Larry Potash. In 1945, the Hall ...
1930 (Ruth 49, Gehrig 41) 1931 (Ruth 46, Gehrig 46) Achieved by several other pairs of teammates since. Ruth and Gehrig were the first, and the only to achieve it three times. Clubs with three consecutive home runs in inning: Twice. 4th inning, at Philadelphia Athletics, first game, September 10, 1925 (Bob Meusel, Ruth, Gehrig)