George
Herman Ruth, the Babe, the Bambino, the Sultan of Swat!
Longest ever home runs
Bill
Jenkinson's new book Baseball's Ultimate Power- Ranking the All-Time Greatest
Distance Home Run Hitters (Lyons Press, 2010) is an absolutely fascinating work which is based on many
many years of research about the longest home runs ever hit. Jenkinson has taken thirty or more years to research
every supposed very long home run ever hit, and has shown that many of these are wildly exaggerated. Not so Babe Ruth,
as anyone familiar with his previous book, The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs, will know. Jenkinson has a list of the 100 longest home runs ever hit in the Major Leagues. Based on extensive research, Babe Ruth hit 29
of them, including six of the top ten- the longest home run ever hit in a Major League game was the Babe's 575-foot shot at Detroit on July 28, 1921. In other words, Ruth hit 29 of the 100 longest home runs ever hit; the other 16,000
men to play in the Majors from 1871 to 2009 combined for the remaining 71 longest home runs! Another way of looking at this is that of these 71 home runs, 32 were hit by members of the Hall of Fame apart from Ruth- Ruth hit 29 of the
100 longest home runs in history; the other 150 or so men, from Cap Anson to Andre Dawson, elected to the Hall as Major League non-pitchers hit 32! Jenkinson ranks Jimmy Foxx, Mickey Mantle, Frank Howard, Dick Allen, and Mark McGwire as
numbers 2-6 for distance all-time. He ranks Josh Gibson as no. 11, Ted Williams as no. 13, and Barry Bonds as no. 19
in terms of home runs hit for distance, all backed up with solid research.
NY Afgan designed by Linda and beautifully knitted by her sister Ellen Ruth Hourigan
We are having a blast signing for
everyone at the 'Relay For Life Dinner' at the Wallingford, CT. Elks Club
Super Bowl Sunday
at Rivalry in Monroe, Conn.
Radio personalities
Chazz & AJ were on hand
Linda Dee
and Kallie posing with the "Colossus"
Owners
Joe, Lou, David posing with the 'Colossus of Clout' bat Linda presented to Lou
Liesn and Camilla
came in from Sweden to check out the football
game and they knew who Babe Ruth was!
Chazz&AJ
interview 98 year old Stan "The Dancing Man" Grause who was a friend of Babe Ruth during his Yankee days
This is the NY Sports Writers Dinner held
on January 23, 2010 at the Hilton Hotel in NYC. Linda presented the 'Babe Ruth Post Season MVP' Award '
Linda
Ruth Tosetti, Bernie Williams and Alex Rodriguez
Linda
and Mariano Rivera
Two
time Cy Young Award Winner Tim Lincecum (3rd from r.)
Andrew
And Linda looking pretty sharp!
Artist John Pennisi, Linda and Sports Illustrator for The Daily News Bill
Gallo
In January 2010 Linda Ruth Tosetti traveled to Tampa, Florida to take part in the "Power Showcase" which
showcase young talented sluggers from all over the world
This year they came from 15 different countries! Power Showcase..
It
was a great event. Linda enjoyed meeting all the ball players and their families. Every player was there because
he was the best of the best! Babe's Granddaughter was honored to be there with everyone and watch balls hit, friendships
made and fun being made!
Power Showcase creator Brian Domenico next to Linda
LINDA GETS HER OWN POWER SHOWCASE JERSEY
Brian Domenico's Mom, Barbara with Linda
All about Babe's birth and family certificates! If you're
a Babe fan and want to know the family background, this is your book!
Don't be fooled by the title~there's great Babe stuff in here!
Send a check or money order
for $15.00 to: Paul Harris, 615 Edmondson Ave., Catonsville, MD. 21228
Babe Ruth's Longest Home Run
Wilkes Baseball Field Determined To Be Home Of Babe Ruth's Longest Shot
The Bambino's blast traveled more than 600
feet according to baseball historian Bill Jenkinson. Babe Ruth hit quite
a few lengthy home runs during his storied baseball career. But, according to baseball historian Bill Jenkinson, it was Ruth's
home run at Wilkes University's Artillery Park in 1926 that topped them all. Jenkinson made the
trip to Artillery Park, the home of the Wilkes baseball and field hockey teams, on Thursday to determine the exact distance
of Ruth's shot. Jenkinson, who has been researching home runs for the past 23 years, arrived with aerial photographs, old
newspaper accounts of the event, and a tape measure. Although he was unable to come to a conclusion on the actual length of
the mammoth homer, he was able to conclude that it was indeed the longest home run in the history of the sport.
"I think the people from this area can rightfully claim that the longest ball in competitive baseball history was hit
here," stated Jenkinson. "I think we can fairly conclude that this ball traveled well over 600 feet. There's no
question about where the ball landed. There are several accounts that say the ball landed on the far side of the running track.
It's just a question of whether or not the running track and home plate are in the same location. I think we are going to
find that the running track was moved back from where it was in 1926." Ruth's home run came only
two days after the New York Yankees fell to the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1926 World Series. During that series, Ruth cracked
four home runs, including what is deemed to be the longest in World Series history, a 510-foot blast. It was also the World
Series in which Ruth made a promise to hit a home run for hospitalized youngster John Sylvester. Ruth came through on the
promise and actually paid a visit to Sylvester on October 11, one day prior to his historic home run at Artillery Park. Ruth came to the Wyoming Valley on October 12, to take part in an exhibition game between Hughestown
and Larksville. After challenging Larksville pitcher Ernie Corkran to throw his fastest pitch over the plate, Ruth cracked what
is now deemed to be the longest ball in baseball history. The day after the exhibition game, the
Associated Press gave a descriptive account of the Bambino's blast.
"The ball cleared the right field fence 400 feet from the plate by more than 40 feet and was still ascending. The ball landed on the far side of
the running track of a high school athletic field in Kirby Park. Officials estimated the length at 650 feet."
Here is the info how people can contribute to a Babe Ruth 600 foot marker that will commemorate Babe's longest home
run in 1926 in Artillery Park, in Wilkes Barre, PA. If you would like to contribute, here is the place to send
a check:
Make Check payable to:
Wilkes-Barre
Babe Ruth Commemorative Fund
Mail to:
Mr. Charles M. Barber, President of the Luzerne Foundation
140 Main Street, 2nd Floor
Luzerne, PA 18709
If you would like to do a contribution by credit card call 570-714-1570
Babe hit a record 29 home runs for Boston 1919
Babe and his granddaughter Linda Ruth Tosetti
(at age 10) as depicted by renowned artist Robert Castillo.
On Babe's popularity among fans...Linda
Ruth Tosetti writes:
“…I
feel my grandfather never asked for this admiration, he earned it. It is not something you can buy from the fans or demand.
It is there because the fans felt that love and respect Babe had for them and the time he took with each one. That is how
Babe Ruth earned his place in history with baseball being his vehicle. When all the memorials are dust, Babe Ruth will always
be remembered, especially in the hearts of all baseball fans.”
"What Babe Ruth is comes down
one generation, handing it to the next, as a national heirloom". Jimmy Cannon
Babe Ruth is the man who saved baseball and launched a major league revolution in hitting!
Join our effort to honor the Babe by having his famous number 3 retired throughout Major League Baseball.
As baseball’s first and greatest home run king, Babe Ruth revolutionized
the sport. In 1920, his fifty-four home runs made all the critics of baseball forget about the 1919 Black Sox scandal, and
brought the fans back to our national pastime. His first year in New York drew over a million fans into the ball parks. There
was yet another gambling scandal after the 1926 season which implicated both Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker. Neither man was convicted
of anything, but they were both forced out of their respective positions with their teams. In an article that was written,
Babe told the public not to worry about the scandal, and predicted the greatest baseball season ever in 1927. My grandfather
captured the attention of the entire nation by breaking his own record by smashing 60 home runs. By the end of the season,
everyone had forgotten the black eye that had afflicted baseball earlier that same year. Babe Ruth saved baseball for the
second time
courtesy of George Alverio
At Cooperstown
The Babe and Linda
Linda Ruth Tosetti was born December 22,1954 in Meriden ,Connecticut, the daughter of
Dorothy Helen Ruth Pirone and Dominick Pirone,a contractor from New York City. She is the
granddaughter of the legendary Babe Ruth and lectures
on the life of her world renowned grandfather, George Herman “Babe” Ruth, at various schools
and universities. Linda had the honor of being inducted into the Latino American International Sports Hall Of Fame,
in Laredo Texas in 2009. She has been a guest speaker at The Societyof America Baseball
Research, the a guest of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown NY, She has also
spoken at the Babe Ruth Museum in Baltimore Maryland, the Ted Williams Museum, Tropicana
Field, in St. Petersburg, Florida, at the St. Petersburg Preservation Society. Linda has been a
presenter of the Babe Ruth Post Season MVP Award that is given annually at the NY Sports Writers
Dinner, held in New York City. Linda Ruth Tosetti has also been a Contributor to Fox Channel News, ESPN,
the Chicago Sun-Times, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Washington Times and has been an honored guest at
Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park and various important sporting venues and events throughout
America. She is considered a leading authority on the life and times of her fabled grandfather from an intimate family point
of view.
Her striking resemblance to her grandfather shows she is a direct descendant through her mother, Dorothy
Ruth Pirone, Babe Ruth’s only blood daughter. It is a goal of Ms. Tosetti to see Major League Baseball
retire her grandfather’s Number 3, (http://www.thetruebaberuth.com) as a final honor and tribute to the enormous
contributions Babe Ruth made to the national pastime of baseball and to
have a statue of her amazing grandfather put in the new Yankee Stadium.There is a desire for this
in the new stadium, as voiced by the fans. She is in the process of setting
up the GHR Group for education and to further the legacy of Babe Ruth through charitable
works.
Mrs. Tosetti resides in
Connecticut with her husband, Andrew.
Larksville. After challenging Larksville pitcher Ernie Corkran to throw his fastest pitch over the plate, Ruth cracked what
is now deemed to be the longest ball in baseball history. 
