The Baseball Life Of Babe Ruth

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so he was scared. No one had
ever seen Ruth this scared before, but after the first pitch that Ruth
threw he knew that he was a natural.
On July 10, 1914, Ruth was sold to the Boston Red Sox's
organization. The Red Sox player did not know too much about Ruth. They
thought he was just another guy who thinks too much of himself. But after
Ruth contributed 23 victories, and his ERA. was 1.75, the team started to
respect him.
For the Red Sox's in 1917, Ruth had another effective record 24-13.
On June 23, 1919, he blew up and helped his teammate Ernie Shore land a
place in the record books. This is how it happened: Ruth started the game
against the Washington Senators by walking the first batter on four
straight pitches. Ruth was so mad at the umpire's calls, he ran to home
plate and punched the ump on the jaw. After that, Ruth was thrown out of
the game, and Shore came in to pitch. The base runner was thrown out tying
to steal, and Shore set down the next 26 batters in ...

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