Babe Ruth: Two Most Famous Baseball Hero

Babe Ruth

Baseball. A word americans have known for almost 200 years. All throughout the years, the sport has produced numerous famous heros for little kids like me. One of those heros, probably one of the most famous athletes ever, Babe Ruth. Babe made baseball baseball, he put a twist on the game that nobody has ever seen, and probably will never be seen again. Before baseball players broke records from cheating and steroids, there was a man so special he did it on “beer and hotdogs”, which is now the two most popular bought foods at at a baseball game. Babe could do almost anything on the field, weather that's pitching, or fielding or hitting. Babe’s strugles at anearly age are belived to have helped him perform better, as he let all his

His birth name isn’t Babe, that is just his nickname. His real name is George Herman Ruth Jr., and he didn't get his nickname until teenage years. He was one of eight children, and him and one of his sisters were the only ones to survive. Babe was a troublemaker growing up. He stole money and whiskey from his father's tavern, stole chewing tobacco from his customers, and taunted and pushed police officers in the water at the harbor near his house. Babe started these thing at the young age of six, and was caught many times, when his parents decided enough is enough, they sent him off to the Saint Mary’s Industrial School for Boys. Babe’s parents decided to send him here because with so many children, they could not focus on just him, and were not strict enough to stop his bad habits. Babe’s parents were heavily catholic, so they wanted their son to go down the same path. The Saint Mary's School was a very catholic school, teaching their students about their religion, and to make sure it was shown as important as they could, each boy had a monk. Babe’s monk was Brother Matthias, and “he taught him right from wrong” said ruth (Wood). Matthias acted like a father figure for ruth, and when he was 19 years old, Matthias became ruth legal guardian. Babe was discovered for his talents in the great game of baseball, when the school decided to start the program in 1904, at the age of 9, he was

In July of 1914 he was sold up to The Boston Red Sox. Babe would call Boston home for the next five years, and made his first major league start on July 11th, 1914. In that first game against the Cleveland Naps, he pitched all but two innings, and the Red Sox left the game with with a 4-3 win, and this made the left handed young star happy. Some say Ruth got over excited as the next game they played the Detroit Tigers, he got hit almost every other at bat. Ruth’s bad performance led him from being a left handed pitching star, to being a left bench rider. He was sent back down to the minors to a team called the Providence Grays(Babe Ruth). He also only spent a little time there, and was called back up the the Sox right before the world series. Babe pitched his first full game victory on October 2nd, 1914 against the yankees. It is very rare For a baseball player to pitch a full game, and Babe did it as a rookie in the world series, against the legendary yankees. Babe also hit a double, to get his first major league hit ever