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When you think of "home runs" first thing that comes to my mind is Babe Ruth. That's what Babe Ruth is usually for hitting home runs. But Babe Ruth also has many other accomplishments that he did in his life. There are many things that happened off the field that many people might not know about. Babe Ruth brought spot light to the sport of baseball when it was a unknown sport.
Babe Ruth's Real name was real name was George Herman Ruth, Jr. His family was very dysfunctional and he ended up going to an all boys school ( Schwartz 1 ). There his amazing baseball skills where recognized. His mentor told him to focus his energies on something productive. So he joined the baseball team and from there he went on and played into Saint Mary's school for boys( Schwartz 3).
He was sign at the age of 19 to the Baltimore Orioles he recognized his young talent and signed him (Schwartz 2). That is where he got the named babe, his other team members would always call him " jacks newest babe".......

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