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    Rick2583, Feb 7, 2016
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    ...yeah, people sometimes forget what a great pitcher he also was.

    ...in fact, Baseball may never have evolved into what it is today if not for Ruth.
     
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    It is for THAT! very reason that I'd love to see #3 retired across the board. To me, Babe Ruth was the father of baseball.
     
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    Never cared for the movies portrayals of Ruth and don't know if this is urban legend but there is a scene in the Goodwin version where Clair Ruth told Ruppert that baseball should kiss Ruths ass for saving the game of baseball.
     
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    ...they saw it fit to retire #42, but not #3 ?....hmmmm, imagine that.
     
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    ...I believe I read the same thing.
     
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    The best portrayal IMO was the one with William Bendix "The Babe Ruth Story" 1948
     
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    I'm afraid they will retire the number for the first openly gay player before they honor #3.

    Society is spinning down the drain...you see the revisionist history narrative is that Ruth benefited from an all white league.
     
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    All valid points Tom & you're probably right.
     
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    ...yeah, that's gotta be it. :bgrin:
     
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    I'd agree, and like Michael stated, if not for Ruth during the Black Sox Scandal (during Court hearings), when tickets were NOT being sold & Fan attendance went into a rapid decline...
     
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    ^^^yup... and still until this day, a reminder about rules forbidding betting on ball games by players and other team employees, is posted in every clubhouse in MLB...this is why I won't cut Rose any slack for what he did.
     
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