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BABE RUTH HOT DOG
Babe Ruth’s extraordinary journey from a Catholic
reform school in Baltimore to the storied confines of
Yankee Stadium in the Bronx made him the idol of a
nation. The ballplayer of ballplayers, Babe was also a
man who indulged in earthly pleasures, as sportswriter
H.G. Salsinger noted, “He could eat more, drink more,
smoke more, swear more, and enjoy himself more than any
contemporary.” A legendary gourmand, Babe was fond of
drinking a quart mixture of bourbon whiskey and ginger
ale at breakfast, before attacking a porterhouse steak
garnished with half-a-dozen fried eggs and potatoes on
the side. Photo
courtesy of Larry Goren |