And suddenly he faced an unsightly end akin to the Babe's final, punchless and abbreviated year with the Boston Braves.
No matter that the Babe's lifetime total of 714 home runs, once a record, has been pushed down to No. 3 all-time by Aaron and Bonds.
And that ultimate record ball will hold the most long term value, just as Aaron's 755th homerun ball outweighs his 715th, the one that broke Babe Ruth's record.
Greenberg is best known for driving in 183 runs in 1937 (one short of Lou Gehrig's American League record), hitting 58 home runs in 1938 (two short of Babe Ruth's record) and twice winning the American League's Most Valuable Player award while playing for the Detroit Tigers.
It was Maris who, in 1961, hit 61 home runs and broke Babe Ruth's single-season home-run record.
It looks like he could be within days, if not hours, of breaking Babe Ruth's career total of 714 home runs.
For example, in the Barry Bonds situation of course, trying to pass and then passing Babe Ruth's legendary 714 home runs.
The laughs that followed faded out when Babe Ruth wandered in and sat among the other legends, grinning Babe Ruth's grin.
They toured the ballpark, saw Babe Ruth's jersey, the real thing.
Home-run records hadn't been broken often: It had been 37 years since New York Yankees right fielder Roger Maris had hit 61, eclipsing Babe Ruth's 1927 record of 60.
Based on Howard Bryant's book "The Last Hero: The Life Story of Henry Aaron, " the film will trace the two years from 1972 to 1974 during which Aaron chased, and bested, Babe Ruth's record -- an accomplishment that was met with both breathless media coverage as well as death threats.
OK, babe, it's a "marvel of inductive reasoning, " then, yes, I'm good at that.
The Babe Ruth League's Cal Ripken division allows composite youth bats.
When Babe (who's made friends with a bruiser of a dog) releases them, Thelonious quietly informs the other animals that he's "not dressed" and proceeds to methodically slip on his pants and suspenders as danger quickly approaches.
Another fun summer read is Leigh Montville's book on Babe Ruth, The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth.
Now Barry Bonds has passed Hank Aaron's all-time home run record, Babe Ruth is probably smirking somewhere.
But this beach babe will have to wait to see whether surf's up.
Because that's what you do when you lose somebody, babe, you call them back.
You get tons of that in "Babe: Pig in the City, " but there's more than humor involved.
Since then, Fox's soundstages have hosted a cattle call of largely U.S.-funded productions, from Dark City to Babe: Pig in the City, The Matrix, M:I-2 and Red Planet.
Baseball's Hall of Portly Heroes includes several great players, most notably Babe Ruth, who were able to continue producing late into their careers when many others deteriorate.
"It's like a little neighborhood, " she says, before shouting "Bye, babe, " to the waving Quiznos worker heading home for the day.
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It's part of the folklore that after the Black Sox World Series fix of 1919, Babe Ruth saved the game.
Megan Fox, for example, who plays Sam's high school crush Mikaela, looks and sounds exactly like the 20-year-old FHM babe she really is.
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