Back in May, we let BRC fans know that a Babe Ruth 1920 Yankee road jersey had become the new auction price holder for sports memorabilia with a $4.4 million price tag. That jersey recently found a new home – at the Baseball Hall of Fame. Between […]
Read more →Babe Ruth Central was doing some of its regular Ruth research on the web and came across an article from last year from the NY Daily News, which discusses a survey conducted by Siena College. The survey asked, “Who is New York’s all-time greatest athlete?” Interestingly, of […]
Read more →Babe Ruth Central recently caught up with Marty Appel, author of the recent release, “Pinstripe Empire: From Before the Babe to After the Boss”. Marty started his tenure with the New York Yankees by handling fan mail for Mickey Mantle. He was involved with the club in […]
Read more →A couple weeks back, BRC wrote an article about the auctioning of the oldest known uniform of Babe Ruth – a 1920 game-worn Yankees road jersey. People speculated that the final price for this item could beat the record for the most paid for a piece of […]
Read more →If you’re a big fan of Babe Ruth and Baseball memorabilia and you’ll be in the area of Long Beach, CA the week of May 31st, we recommend you go to the Long Beach Expo. The Expo, which runs from May 31st to June 2nd, will feature […]
Read more →The Babe Ruth memorabilia auction market is in full swing this year. There are a number of very interesting items that have either recently sold or in active auctions as we speak. This past weekend, almost 800 items belonging to the Ted Williams estate were auctioned off […]
Read more →The Wall Street Journal recently called bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs “the Babe Ruth of Banjo”. It’s just another example of Babe being used to describe someone or something at the top of their class. See the obituary for the great Mr. Scruggs here.
Read more →Part 3 of MLBTV Interview of “Josh and The Babe” This is part 3 of a 3 part series in an interview with Brent Stevens and Sean Gibson, great grandsons of Babe Ruth and Josh Gibson. In this part of the interview, the great grandsons share stories […]
Read more →Ruth and the MVP Award A recent visitor to BabeRuthCentral sent us the following question: “I was discussing Barry Bonds with some friends and they mentioned that he has won 7 MVP’s. This caused me to look up the MVP winners list and I noticed that Babe […]
Read more →Julia Ruth Stevens helps unveil a plaque commemorating Babe’s visit to Johnny Sylvester in 1926 On June 22nd of 2008, Babe’s daughter, Julia, who was 92, participated in a ceremony to unveil a plaque at the site of Johnny Sylvester’s home (if you don’t know the story […]
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