Aug. 16

It was seventy-eight years ago today that the one and only Babe Ruth died.

Twenty-nine years passed and another iconic figure Elvis Aaron (Henry broke the Babe’s hallowed 714 career home runs mark) Presley also died on this date as have a number of other celebrated people.

Babe ruth was not only a beyond great slugger but a tremendous pitcher and that is why by a fairly wide margin, I give the nod to The Babe as baseball’s greatest player.

A post below from 2019 a post citing some other greats who died on August 16th. I add Bella Lugosi and there are others.

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Red Sox pitcher, Ernie Shore is pictured above.

Another Babe moment, he walks the first batter, argues the call and is ejected from the tilt.

In comes Ernie Shore and he retires the remaining 27 batters, a perfect game.