BABE RUTH 

George's parents, Kate Schamberger-Ruth and George Herman Ruth Sr., fathered eight children of whom only two survived infancy. As a child, his parents attended a tavern and he was left alone to defend himself, so they decided to take him to seven years in an orphanage and reform school: the St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys Catholic missionaries, where they visited rarely. In that place was described as an incorrigible by his unwillingness to accept the rules. He was a priest named Mathias who assumed the role of father of Babe, and channeled in life and baseball.

His beginnings were as a brilliant pitcher. Just over 20 years, Jack Dunn, owner of the Baltimore Orioles, recognized his talent and hired him. The players to see him appointed as the new babe (baby) of Jack Dunn, the nickname stuck. Just five months of his arrival in this equipment was purchased by the Boston Red Sox.

In 1916 Babe reached the World Series and launched the fourth game against the Brooklyn Robins. He gave up a run in the first inning and gave no more in a career that lasted fourteen innings heading. It is the longest complete game in the history of baseball World Series. Two years later he returned to the Fall Classic. Not allowed run in the first game and gave up the eighth race of the game four. These numbers, along with those achieved two years ago, made ​​a total of 29 2/3 innings without allowing career, a record that lasted 43 years. It was a star of the Red Sox when the new owner Harry Frazee decided to pass it to the New York Yankees, negotiation is for many the worst in the history of professional sports in the United States. It was shaping up as a power hitter.