THE BABE, THE BOY, & THE BALL
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We’re taking you back to that fateful day still revered as epic in New York culture.
It’s the stuff that baseball dreams are made of: the 1926 world series, Babe Ruth, a boy fighting for his life, and a home run promised by the Bambino that turned into three, assuring a Yankees victory over the St. Louis Cardinals and a place in history. We’re taking you back to that fateful day still revered as epic in New York culture.
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THE BABE, THE BOY, & THE BALL
Clip: 8/3/2017 | 5m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
It’s the stuff that baseball dreams are made of: the 1926 world series, Babe Ruth, a boy fighting for his life, and a home run promised by the Bambino that turned into three, assuring a Yankees victory over the St. Louis Cardinals and a place in history. We’re taking you back to that fateful day still revered as epic in New York culture.
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