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In the Race
Now, here, you see, it takes all the blogging I can do to keep in the same place. If I want to get somewhere else, I must blog twice as fast as that! You see, I'm in the Red Queen's Race...
You May Not Like The Yankees, But This Is About The Babe...
By Janet Evans
Monday, Sep 22 2008, 07:13 AM
 Julia Ruth Stevens, the daughter of former New York
Yankee Babe Ruth, throws out the ceremonial first pitch
before the final regular season MLB American League
baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, September 21, 2008.
REUTERS/Mike Segar
Last night, September 21, 2008, was the final game at Yankee Stadium…
"They will never forget the time the Yankees opened the gates seven hours before first pitch and let fans walk around the field. They will never forget a 7-3 Yankees victory over the Orioles, a stadium retired on a five-game winning streak. They will never forget the time when the whole Yankees team did a lap around the field, waving their caps at fans who didn't want it to end. "
Stadium Leaves Night To Remember
But, I said this was about the Babe, so I’ll move on. Babe Ruth’s daughter, Julia Ruth Stevens, threw out the first pitch, well, barely. But that’s okay. It meant something to her and to the fans and players. And it would have meant something to Babe Ruth, but not what you think…
"While it was fitting for the daughter of the greatest player in franchise history, Babe Ruth, to open the final game in the house her father "built," Ruth Stevens knew the Babe would have been amused by the sight.
"He knew I didn't throw very well," Ruth Stevens said with a laugh. "But I taught him how to bowl."
Taking the field, out of her wheelchair for a brief moment, Ruth Stevens felt a tremble throughout her body. She accepted the invitation to throw out the first pitch only a day before, and when the moment arrived, it brought upon her three predominant responses.
"Thrilling, exciting and scared to death," Ruth said.
Ruth Stevens still has memories of her father slamming long home runs, starting with 1927 in Yankee Stadium. And even though it's terrible to think the ballpark has reached its final days, she understands that this moment had to come at some point. "
Babe's Daughter Tosses Out First Pitch
Babe Ruth hit 665 of his 714 career home runs as a
member of the Yankees. (Harry Harris/AP)
Babe Ruth 1918 - the 1st year Ruth led the league in home runs.
Because I said this is about Babe Ruth (and not the Yankees), I’ve just got to throw this photo in because I think it’s interesting for those who may not have seen it…
George H. W. Bush, captain of the Yale baseball team, receives Babe Ruth's
manuscript of his autobiography which he was donating to Yale, 1948
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