The Ruth Family has shared a very cool piece of memorabilia with BRC to show to its fans. It’s a letter from Ty Cobb to the Babe dated November 19, 1947, a point in time in which Ruth was regularly in and out of the hospital for […]
Read more →From a Fan: Babe Ruth Family Photo Recently a fan of BabeRuthCentral.com, reached out to us with a question about a new Babe Ruth-autographed photo he purchased. He gave us permission to share the photo with BRC fans below. Babe Ruth Central shared the photo with Babe’s […]
Read more →Babe Ruth Central would like to congratulate author and BRC friend and fan, Robert Fitts, who recently won the prestigious Seymour Medal for his book, “Banzai Babe Ruth”. Dr. Harold Seymour was a legendary baseball historian and the medal is awarded in his honor to the author […]
Read more →Today is Babe Ruth’s birthday. Born on February 6th, 1895, he would have been 118. All Babe Ruth and baseball fans, be sure to toast the Babe today. Baseball wouldn’t have been the same without him!
Read more →If you’re going to be in the Detroit area the weekend of February 2nd, be sure to stop by Nemo’s Bar (1384 Michigan Ave, Detroit) for the 26th annual Babe Ruth Birthday Party. Hosted by one of Ruth’s biggest fans, Tom Derry, the event is a great […]
Read more →Earlier today, Babe Ruth Central wrote about the passing of Hall of Famer and Baltimore Oriole manager, Earl Weaver. Tonight, BRC is sad to announce the loss of another Hall of Famer, Cardinal great, Stan “The Man” Musial. Musial spent his entire 22-year career ((1941-1963) with St […]
Read more →Baseball lost one of its best and most colorful managers today. Earl Weaver, a St. Louis native who managed the Baltimore Orioles for his entire professional career (1968-1982; 1985-1986), has passed away at the age of 82. He managed a total 2,540 games and won 1480 of […]
Read more →“Don’t ever forget two things I’m going to tell you. One, don’t believe everything that’s written about you. Two, don’t pick up too many checks.” – Babe Ruth
Read more →It looks like there will be no living inductees to recognize at the Hall of Fame Inductions in 2013. This year, no player received at least a 75% vote by the Baseball Writers Association of America in order to achieve that final, ultimate feather in the baseball […]
Read more →On January 3rd, 1920, Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to Colonel Ruppert and the NY Yankees for $125,000 cash and a $350,000 loan. This deal, which much later came to be known as the “Curse of the Bambino”, changed the fate of the Yankees. […]
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