Babe Ruth is the craziest story in American history. If someone made up a story about a guy who played a game and was twice as good as everyone else who played it, who hit as many home runs in a season as some teams did, who was also a phenomenal pitcher, you’d never believe it. But it actually happened. Crazy.
You know a player is remarkable when the rules change for him.
They covered this rule with Mark Simon on the Baseball Today podcast when Ryan Howard was injured on a swing in the Phils last game. Did you know that Babe’s time with a Brave forced a rule change in the game?
When Babe was a member of the Braves, he would trot out, hit, and when he got to first, there was a runner waiting for him to run the rest of his bases. He was such an amazing hitter even after his body failed him that the Braves would have a runner waiting at first base, and when he’d hit the ball, the runner would take over as soon as he got to first. Because the rule at the time did not prohibit from batting again in the game after being pinch run for, the rule was further defined to its current state.
Here’s remarkable for you:
1921 – 59 home runs, 171 RBI, 177 Runs, 44 2Bs, 16 3Bs, 17 SB, with a slash of .378/.512/.846! No one else in history has ever had 40 2B, 40 HR, with 10 SB and 10 3B, and Ruth did it TWICE!
Babe Ruth is the craziest story in American history. If someone made up a story about a guy who played a game and was twice as good as everyone else who played it, who hit as many home runs in a season as some teams did, who was also a phenomenal pitcher, you’d never believe it. But it actually happened. Crazy.
cbwilk - November 4, 2011
You know a player is remarkable when the rules change for him.
They covered this rule with Mark Simon on the Baseball Today podcast when Ryan Howard was injured on a swing in the Phils last game. Did you know that Babe’s time with a Brave forced a rule change in the game?
When Babe was a member of the Braves, he would trot out, hit, and when he got to first, there was a runner waiting for him to run the rest of his bases. He was such an amazing hitter even after his body failed him that the Braves would have a runner waiting at first base, and when he’d hit the ball, the runner would take over as soon as he got to first. Because the rule at the time did not prohibit from batting again in the game after being pinch run for, the rule was further defined to its current state.
Here’s remarkable for you:
1921 – 59 home runs, 171 RBI, 177 Runs, 44 2Bs, 16 3Bs, 17 SB, with a slash of .378/.512/.846! No one else in history has ever had 40 2B, 40 HR, with 10 SB and 10 3B, and Ruth did it TWICE!
biggentleben - November 5, 2011
You forgot...
Keith Lockhart.
Jman781 - November 4, 2011
and Paul Marak
TonyAlmeyda - November 4, 2011
Nobody forgets Keith Lockhart!
The Keith Lockhart Era - November 5, 2011
It's akin to putting Baby in a corner
biggentleben - November 5, 2011
Awesome
Mobile rec’d.
Jman781 - November 6, 2011 via mobile
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