Biography
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” This means that every time they throw a strike, he gets more determined to hit a home run. For example on Babe Ruth’s 60th home run (when he broke the record) he hit a home run on the very last pitch. This quote relates to my thesis because both of them mean that he had/gave hope and every time he steps out on the field he changes baseball. George Herman Ruth was an important figure in 1920’s American history because he gave millions of people hope during the Great Depression, saved baseball from the Black Sox Scandal, and he became known as the best player in Baseball American history. To start off lets travel back to Babe’s child hood and early life before he was famous. George was born on February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland with his dad George Senior, his mom Kate and his sister Mamie. Fun fact
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Mary’s) is the person he influenced Babe to become who he was. Brother Matthias was a father-like figure to babe when he went to school. For example he helped babe refine his baseball skills, working tirelessly with him on hitting, fielding, and pitching skills. When Babe was 19, the brother invited Jack Dunn, owner of the Baltimore Orioles to come watch him play. Obviously Dunn was impressed, as he offered a contract to babe. In the beginning of Babe’s career, he was known for his prodigious power as a slugger, he started his career as a pitcher. Also George got his nickname Babe because he was known as “Jack’s newest babe” and that’s where Babe came from. Some lessons babe learned from his very first years were that if you don’t play as much as you think then try to stay positive and try to pick another position that you would be good or have a better shot at playing the position in the future. Babe became an amazing player by switching to an outfielder when he didn’t pitch that day. This allowed him to set the record for most