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Babe Ruth Remembered by Writer John Drebinger
John Drebinger shares memories of Babe Ruth, praising his humor, generosity, and impact on and off the field. He notes Ruth’s blunt honesty, recounts Johnny Sylvester’s hospital visit and Ruth’s charity, and weighs the called shot in the 1932 World Series with a journalist’s certainty.
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Babe Ruth
Hank Aaron
John Drebinger
New York Times
New York Times News Service
George Herman Ruth
Babe
Johnny Sylvester
Ruth
Frankie Graham
Memphis
Chicago
Charlie Root
Wrigley Field