Everywhere Schreiner went, people asked him what he was doing, skating or walking along, dressed as Babe Ruth.

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With a scoreboard that is still turned by hand, the second oldest pro baseball stadium in the country evokes a time when Babe Ruth may-or-may-not have called his shot before blasting a homer into center field in the 1932 World Series.

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Think of Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio or Lou Gehrig bats and balls as Hamptons real estate or blue chip stocks.

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LaPallo says he met Babe Ruth even before he played for the Yankees or Red Sox.

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Among the organizations with full or partial bans of composite bats: Little League International, Babe Ruth League, the National Federation of High School Associations, and the NCAA. In most cases, if a bat meets certain standards basically, not having any more pop than a wood or aluminum bat it will be allowed.

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