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Hi!
My name is Linda Ruth Tosetti and I am the granddaughter of George Herman Ruth.
George Herman Ruth was born in Baltimore, Maryland on February 6, 1895 at the home of his maternal grandparents. His parents,
George Sr. and Kate Ruth, operated a bar and worked very hard to provide for their small family. At the age of seven "Little
George" was placed at Saint Mary's Industrial School for Boys. "Little George" was just too much to handle
for his parents. At Saint Mary's George got the discipline and education he needed to become a useful citizen AND he met
Brother Matthias, the one man among the Catholic Brothers of the Xaverian Order who was the Prefect of Discipline at the School.
Brother Matthias' love and direction helped Babe grow into the best baseball player that ever lived as well as the one
man who single-handedly saved baseball from sure ruin at the hands of unsavory gamblers and criminals. In fact, Babe's
personality and home runs saved baseball from the Black Sox Scandal of 1919 and a gambling scandal in 1926! How
did he do this? He performed this "Ruthian" task by revolutionizing the way baseball was played and through his
generous and courageous spirit.
Needless to say, without Babe Ruth there would be no major
league baseball today. Indeed, there would be no international game. What's more, Babe was way ahead of his time not only
on the ball field but in accepting men and women of every race, creed and culture into the American pastime. Long before it
was the popular social sentiment, Babe Ruth barnstormed and supported Negro League baseball, Mexican League baseball,
Cuban baseball, women's baseball, children's baseball and he carried baseball to the orient where over a million
people saw him play in 1934!
Please help us petition Major League Baseball to retire Babe's
famous Number 3 in every major league ball park across America. For his contributions to baseball, social justice
and children everywhere Babe deserves this distinct honor.
Ruthian Regards!
Linda Ruth Tosetti
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