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rurallib

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5. had to look - Babe was still with the Yankees in '34

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Mon Jul 13, 2020, 03:31 PM

Jul 2020

he hit 22 homers that year and batted .288. Yanks dumped him at the end of the year.
His career ended the next year with the Boston Braves at age 40, where he hit his final 6 HRs.

There will always be only one Babe, but as always eventually time beats us all.

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Today, July13, in 1934 Babe Ruth became the first player to hit 700 home runs. [View all] brush Jul 2020 OP

He hit 700 home runs in one day???? underpants Jul 2020 #1

Not a baseball numbers person, huh? brush Jul 2020 #4

😁 underpants Jul 2020 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author brush Jul 2020 #2

And no steroids sandensea Jul 2020 #3

had to look - Babe was still with the Yankees in '34 rurallib Jul 2020 #5

.288 and 22 homers still not a bad year for most players. But he set quite a high standard... brush Jul 2020 #7

I seem to recall that someone in the Yankee brass of that day said of the Babe rurallib Jul 2020 #8

They recycled managers all the time, even now. Guess the Yanks thought they were too good... brush Jul 2020 #9