On
Sunday, August 16, 2009, The Baltimore Cathedral will celebrate a Mass of Special Intention for George Herman “Babe”
Ruth, one of the Diocese’s most renowned and beloved former members.
Mass will be held at 10:45 am.The Cathedral Choir shall sing.
The Baltimore Basilica
409 Cathedral Street
Baltimore Maryland 21201
Here's a list of all the major league baseball players who have signed the petition to have Babe's number "3" retired:
Mickey Rivers, Whitey Ford, Robert
Scott, Bobby Thompson,
Duke Snider, Monte Irvin , Pete
Rose, Paul Blair,
Gaylord Perry, Goose Gossage, Joe
Pepitone, George Shuba,
Robert O'Neil, Bobby Richardson, George
Kell,
Alvin
Dark, Jim Coates, Billy Lee,
Graig Nettles, Brendan
Harris, Roy White, Mickey Vernon,
Jim Gosger, Wayne Garratt,
Alvin Jackson, Doug Sisk, Ryne Duren
Hector Lopez, Danny
Mc Deuitt, Carl Erskine, Joe Pigatano,
Daryl Kaufman, Art
Ditmar, Jim "Mud Cat" Grant, Don Schwell,
Chris Chamblis, Bill
Skowron, Fergie Jenkins, Tom Catal,
Johnny Blanchard, Bob
Turley, Ron Blomberg, Bucky Dent, Luis Sojo,
Ed
Figueroa, Oscar Gamble, J.C. Martin...Thanks!
Happy 114th Birthday Babe!!
Feb. 6th
"Babe Ruth!!! -King of 'Em All-"
Bronze statue of Babe by
renown artist Palmer Murphy.
Babe and his granddaughter Linda Ruth
Tosetti (at age 10) as depicted by
renowned artist Robert Castillo. Visit Mr. Castillo's website
at: www.robcast.tripod.com
On Babe's popularity among fans...Linda
Ruth Tosetti writes:
“…I
feel my grandfather never asked for this admiration, he earned it. It is not something you can buy from the fans or demand.
It is there because the fans felt that love and respect Babe had for them and the time he took with each one. That is how
Babe Ruth earned his place in history with baseball being his vehicle. When all the memorials are dust, Babe Ruth will always
be remembered, especially in the hearts of all baseball fans.”
"What Babe Ruth is comes down
one generation, handing it to the next, as a national heirloom". Jimmy Cannon
Babe Ruth is the man who saved baseball and launched a major league revolution in hitting!
Join our effort to honor the Babe by having his famous number 3 retired throughout Major League Baseball.
As baseball’s first and greatest home run king, Babe Ruth revolutionized
the sport. In 1920, his fifty-four home runs made all the critics of baseball forget about the 1919 Black Sox scandal, and
brought the fans back to our national pastime. His first year in New York drew over a million fans into the ball parks. There
was yet another gambling scandal after the 1926 season which implicated both Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker. Neither man was convicted
of anything, but they were both forced out of their respective positions with their teams. In an article that was written,
Babe told the public not to worry about the scandal, and predicted the greatest baseball season ever in 1927. My grandfather
captured the attention of the entire nation by breaking his own record by smashing 60 home runs. By the end of the season,
everyone had forgotten the black eye that had afflicted baseball earlier that same year. Babe Ruth saved baseball for the
second time
courtesy of George Alverio
The Babe and Linda
Babe Ruth’s granddaughter, Linda Ruth
Tosetti is the youngest of six children born to Babe’s blood daughter, Dorothy Ruth Pirone.
She has lectured on the life of her legendary grandfather, George Herman "Babe" Ruth at various
universities, the Societyof American Baseball Research and the Baseball Hall
of Fame, in Cooperstown, New York. She has contributed stories to the Chicago Sun- Tribune, the
New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Hartford Courant, and ESPN
to name a few. She has been an honored guest at Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park and various important sporting venues and events
throughout America. As a direct descendent of Babe Ruth, Linda Ruth Tosetti loves to learn more on the life and times of her
fabled grandfather, for she is a student of Babe Ruth, and loves to share the stories from an intimate family point of view.
(photo by Jeanne Newman)
Linda Ruth Tosetti Standing in front of the house her grandfather built.
Linda with replica of Babe's 54 onuce bat
Pics below (left to right) first row: (left to right) Linda Ruth Tosetti, David Mantle (top) and
Danny Mantle, My husband Andrew and I at the Hall of Fame in front of the famed sculpture of Babe, The Slammin' Bambino
in Boston (1918); Second row: Babe pitching for Yankees 1933,Babe in Boston 1915, Babe with children...always
happy and smiling; Third Row: Babe barnstorming in the Negro Leagues, Bill Jenkinson's book, "The Year Babe
Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs", Ray Negron's book, "The Boy of Steel"
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