In a place where baseball's future can seem murky at times, the sport's past is a straight baseline to the Babe – George Herman “Babe" Ruth.
He was a worldwide celebrity, an international star, the likes of which baseball has never seen since," says broadcaster Ernie Harwell about Babe Ruth on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series.
Babe Ruth’s 1916 rookie baseball card is now up for grabs via ... formally known as the 1916 M101-5 Sporting News Blank Back #151, posed in a pitching stance and donning his Beantown uniform. The ...