Babe Ruth's bat a big hit again back in New York

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Times
From James Bone in New York



THE baseball bat used by Babe Ruth to hit one of the most famous home runs in American history has fetched a record price of more than $1 million (£516,000).

The legendary New York Yankees player told reporters on his first visit to the newly built Yankee Stadium in the Bronx: “I’d give a year of my life if I can hit a home run in the first game.”

It took him only three innings of that first game on April 23, 1923, to smack the ball out of the ground before a crowd of 74,000 ecstatic fans.

The home run took the New York team to a 4-1 victory over their arch-rivals (and Ruth’s old team), the Boston Red Sox. Yankee Stadium became known as “The House that Ruth Built”.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1387728,00.html

[Deja Q]

1. Insane.

Given Ruth's historical influence, you'd think the piece of carved wood would go for 10 times as much. :eyes: