![]() ![]() He spent the greatest years of his stellar career there, where he hit the ball better, higher and farther than anyone else, and with theatrical style. Ruth continued with the team, but was soon traded to the New York Yankees. A reporter claimed to have measured it at 350 feet. Some said it soared past the field and landed in Mallet’s Mill Pond. In the last inning of a game at the Cape Fear Fair Ground March 14, 1914, Ruth hit a long home run to right field. Ruth’s fondness for playing with the elevators at the hotel, and his age, led the older players to call him “Dunn’s Baby” which eventually became “Babe.” He was 19-years-old and team manager Jack Dunn had become his legal guardian to appease Ruth’s parents before taking him out of Jesuit school two years early. You may not know that George Herman “Babe” Ruth picked up that moniker while in Fayetteville for an exhibition game with the Baltimore Orioles. Babe Ruth and Buck Leonard are among epic figures in baseball that made a mark in this state. Even as we celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the making of the movie “Bull Durham” (named by Sports Illustrated as the #1 sports film of all time), we appreciate real baseball stars from long ago. ![]() Lots of folks are getting excited about the approaching Major League Baseball All Star game, and North Carolina has strong ties to baseball. ![]()
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