Who is the greatest?
In a recent Philly News poll, 612 people were asked who they thought the greatest homerun hitter of all time was: Aaron, Ruth or Bonds.
56 percent said Ruth, because he set the standard.
36 percent said Aaron, because he hit the most homeruns.
2 percent said Bonds, because he hit 73 homeruns in one season.
6 percent said “other”.
May 25th, 2006 at 9:28 am
I was listening to WEEI sports radio two mornings ago and heard some astonishing stats on Babe Ruth.
In 1920 (I think) he hit 50-something homeruns. The other teams in the entire major leages combined to hit 29 (I think that was the number. I remember dropping my jaw at the disparity…it wasa insane.)
He also used to call his shots all the time–not pointing like he infamously did in that world series game, but in the dugout.
Apparently, the Yankees were playing a tight game that looked to be headed for extra innings. Ruth was in the dugout sitting next to the Yankees travel manager who was stressing about catching the train home. The manager said something along the lines of “if this game doesn’t end in the next ten minutes, we’re not going to catch the train home and it’s going to foul up our travel plans for the rest of this road trip.”
Ruth turned to him and said, “don’t worry, chief. I’m gonna end this game with my next swing.” And he did.
You can’t make this stuff up.
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April 26th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Ruth was the greatest. He hit 714 HR’s after spending the 1st 5 years of his career pitching a 95-46 record!! Had he been an outfielder his whole career, He would have like to 900 HR’s.
He had the most natural talent of any athlete in history. That includes Michael Jordan, Wayne Gresky, Tiger Wood, and Muhammed Ali, all of who furiously worked to develop theior skills. It would be almost scary to see what Ruth could have done if he tried harder, watched his weight, hit the gym, or GASP did ant roids.
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July 14th, 2007 at 7:07 am
I agree, babe ruth is the greatest. An allstar pitcher AND HR hitter? Come on. It’s like Roger Clemmons being a HR king.
Yeah, I could only imagine if he hit the gym and watched his weight, let alond did roids.
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