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America's greatest baseball player's favorite dessert



Babe RuthBabe Ruth, name at birth was George Herman Ruth, Jr., is the most celebrated player in baseball history. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1895 and he died in 1948 of cancer.He was best known as the New York Yankee hero and "Sultan of Swat". A home run king and fan favorite, Ruth was the first in a line of iconic New York Yankees which included Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle. Ruth began his career as a pitcher but moved to the outfield, where he gained fame as a slugger. After the Boston Red Sox sold him to the Yankees in 1920, Ruth became the most famous athlete in America.Babe Ruth signed baseball Ruth's larger-than-life personality (including a prodigious fondness for food and drink) was a hit with fans, and Ruth is often credited with making baseball the dominant American sport of its time. Ruth retired in 1935; he held the single-season record for home runs (60) until fellow Yankee Roger Maris hit 61 in 1961, and the career record (714) until Hank Aaron passed him in 1974. In 1948, like Gehrig before him, Ruth had an emotional farewell at Yankee Stadium, with the Yankees retiring his uniform number 3. He died of throat cancer two months later.

Ruth was nicknamed "Babe" by teammates on his first pro team, the Baltimore Orioles... Other nicknames included "The Bambino" and "The Sultan of Swat"... The Red Sox did not win a World Series for 85 years after selling Ruth to the Yankees, a drought known as the Curse of the Bambino. However, the Sox broke the 'curse' by winning the World Series in 2004... Four Americans now have surpassed Ruth's single-season home run record: Maris, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds... Slugger Sadaharu Oh hit 868 career home runs in Japan from 1959-80, making him the international home run champ.

Babe Ruth's ice cream It is said that Babe Ruth devoured Hot Dogs and Ice Cream before, during and after each baseball game!