The Legendary Home Run Hitter, Babe Ruth. Dylan B 4/15/24 8A George Herman Ruth was a famous and well known person because of baseball, but it was not always like that. When Ruth was a kid, he was dirty, poor, and alone. He grew up with his parents, but he got sent to an orphanage because of his bad behavior. He learned many things at St.Marys including how to make shirts, basic education, and most importantly how to play baseball. He made many connections with the people around him, but the biggest one was Brother Matthias. Matthias was the one who taught Ruth the ins and outs of the game. Later on in Ruth's career he would repay Matthias for what he had done for him with a car. Babe Ruth faced many adversities in his early life including his family, friends, money, and his …show more content…
I felt, somehow, as if I had been born out there and that this was a kind of home for me. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.” (Fischer 21). This quote is important because it shows how comfortable he was with pitching even though he had just started. Ruth was thrilled to play at St. Mary’s, but he didn't want to stop there. Finally, the boys who once picked on Ruth were now looking up to him. That shows how good of a baseball player he has become. Ruth was so good, Brother Matthias would let him go out to the local amateur leagues to play in better competition (Fischer 23). One game Ruth played so well, a man by the name of Jack Dunn offered Babe to play with the Baltimore Orioles for 600 dollars (Rader 2). From then on he made the major leagues shortly after and played for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Socks, and Boston Braves in a career which ran from 1914 to 1935. He earned lots of money, hit 714 home runs, and won seven world series. Babe Ruth, the boy who once faced many adversities in his early life, including his family, friends, money, and his education. Lucky for him, he