When Babe Ruth heard that a boy from New Jersey, Johnny Sylvester, was very ill after falling off a horse, he promised Johnny a home run. Mr. Ruth ended up running three home games that day. His daughter, Julia Ruth Stevens, and author of the book “Babe and the Kid,” Charlie Poekel, comments on the story.
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George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948), nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American outfielder and pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1914 to 1935. Beginning his career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, Ruth achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees.
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