Babe Ruth

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Babe Ruth has a big spot in his heart for the game of baseball, and loves to share it with many different people and help grow the game. Babe Ruth didn't have a good childhood, but then learned the game of baseball. This made him happy in life, and he decided to pursue his passion later in life. Babe Ruth didn't have a supportive family. He was then put in a school for boys where a monk "adopted" him and accepted him into his life. "Ruth gained a surrogate father at the school, Brother Matthias, the Xaverian priest who became his first instructor in the game of baseball." Babe Ruth then decided that baseball was for him. "By the time he was 15, Ruth showed exceptional skill both as a strong hitter and pitcher." He was excited to live a new life as a baseball player. Babe Ruth is generous, positive, and an inspiration. This is what made Babe Ruth a hero to many people. His generosity of wanting to help underprivileged kids have better lives along with his positivity helped him have a better playing career and a better life. All in all this made him the face of baseball and someone that everyone will remember. Babe Ruth changed the game of baseball with not only his arm strength and incredible bat power, but with his great personality.

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Babe Ruth has a joy for baseball and loves to share the game through how he plays and many other ways. Babe Ruth is known to be generous, he likes to donate his time and money to charities and underprivileged kids. "Known throughout his life as a generous man, he gave much of his time in his last years to charitable events instead." Babe Ruth loves to help kids to make them feel like that they have a great life. He loves to spend time with them to make them feel like special, and even teach some how to play baseball! Babe always wanted to help grow the game of baseball and introduce the game to other people. "Even after retiring, he remained a public figure. He continued to champion a series of philanthropic causes through campaigns across the country. Acting as an ambassador for baseball, he traveled the globe, making successful tours of England, France, and Japan to increase the sport's popularity." He wanted to introduce baseball to other counties and places, so that they could start their own professional league. One of Babe Ruth's goals was to make sure everyone new the game of baseball, and how much fun he had and that they would have fun doing it too. Babe Ruth is generous by loving to share his love of baseball to the world.

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Babe Ruth had to think positive to be able to get through his rough early life. "Ruth was raised in a poor waterfront neighborhood in Baltimore, where his parents, Kate Schamberger-Ruth and George Herman Ruth Sr., owned a tavern. Ruth was one of eight children born to the couple, and one of only two that survived infancy." Babe Ruth learned baseball form his new dad at his new home. He never let something bring him down, and he always thought positive. Ruth also applied this skill in the game of baseball when he played. "In his first start of the 1915 season against Philadelphia, Ruth had given up five runs before being pulled in the fifth. On April 26, Ruth pitched well and gained a 9-2 win over the Athletics. Although not in the starting rotation, Ruth again got the nod May 6 in the first of a four-game series against New York." Ruth didn't get rattled by the dominant Philadelphia team. He didn't get too eager, he held his composure and thought positive so that he could get the job done. Babe Ruth always stayed positive and ran anything negative over. This is what made him a special player and an even better person in life.

Babe Ruth was an inspiration to not only kids, but younger players in high school or even the big leagues. Babe Ruth was looked up at by all sorts of people that maybe even didn't play baseball because of his charity work and his overall world fame from baseball. Babe Ruth followed his dreams after living a new life at his school with his new father that taught him everything he knows today. Babe Ruth never thought about quitting baseball because he loved the game so much. When doing charity events, he would set an example to the younger kids and tell them the mistakes he made so that they wouldn't do it when the grew up. It also didn't hurt that he was very famous, so the kids knew that anything he said was correct! Babe Ruth always gave thanks to his father at his school for boys because as he grew up he was his inspiration. He taught him the many responsibilities that he needed to know. These responsibilities would help him as he grew up and became a man. He also told him things that would help him when he became independent and by himself. Now although he was rich and famous, he still had to be responsible. Everyone loved Babe Ruth and he will always be remembered as a positive, generous, and an inspiration to many people forever.  

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