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If you want to hit home runs, you've go to swing a lot.

Babe Ruth

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Babe Ruth
Age: 53 †
Born: 1895
Born: February 6
Died: 1948
Died: August 16
Baseball Player
Baltimore
Maryland
George Herman Ruth
Jr.
the Bambino
the Sultan of Swat
George Herman Babe Ruth
Jr.
George Herman (Babe) Ruth
Jack Dunn's Baby
Dunn's New Babe
Caliph of Clout
The Behemoth of Bust
The King of Crash
Jidge
Bam
The Great Bambino
The Colossus of Clout
Inspirational
Running
Home
Swing
Swings
Runs

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I said I'm going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.
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I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
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If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
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I don't give a damn about any actors. What good will John Barrymore do you with the bases loaded and two down in a tight ball game. Either I get the money (more than Barrymore), or I don't play!
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(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat.
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