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Aaron Judge's otherworldly season is beyond Ruthian
July 2, 2024 | 6:49pmIs this what it was like to watch Babe Ruth play every day?
Rare Babe Ruth rookie card from 1916 — once a store freebie — could fetch $500K at auction
March 28, 2024 | 5:58pmFlashback to more than a century ago, in April of 1916, when Gimbels department store made headlines with a marketing campaign that had every kid's heart aflutter.
Baseball awards dinner's charm will be missed if this is the end after 100 years
January 27, 2024 | 5:02pmThe 99th New York Baseball Writers' Dinner will be held on Saturday, January 27, 2024, and will feature many of the game's biggest stars.
Rare Babe Ruth rookie baseball card up for auction could break $12.5M world record
November 10, 2023 | 11:34amRookie card from 1914 said to be one of rarest baseball cards in the world
Babe Ruth showed how athletes should interact with presidents
August 16, 2023 | 6:04amEven though Babe Ruth had — and expressed — his political opinions, he did not let them get in the way of his willingness to interact with presidents on both...
Today’s Iconic Moment in NY Sports: Babe Ruth hits 500th career homer
August 11, 2023 | 1:45pmAugust 11, 1929: Yankees legendary slugger Babe Ruth becomes the first player in MLB history to hit 500 home runs.
Today's Iconic Moment in NY Sports: Babe Ruth hits MLB ASG's first homer
July 6, 2023 | 2:40pmJuly 6, 1933: Yankees slugger Babe Ruth hit the first home run at the very first MLB All-Star Game, which took place at Chicago's Comiskey Park.
How baseball's greatest season ever changed the game for good
May 6, 2023 | 11:05amBabe Ruth was in a bad way. There were surgeries and suspensions, lawsuits, and tax troubles.
The improbable, immense, Ruthian rise of Yankee Stadium, 100 years ago
April 18, 2023 | 12:15pmYankee Stadium opened 100 years ago with epic proportions, massive crowds and a Ruthian swat — and changed baseball forever.
On this day in history, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner among first members of National Baseball Hall of Fame
January 29, 2023 | 2:59amBaseball greats Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Matthewson and Walter Johnson made up the first class.
The fabled list of Yankees captains Aaron Judge joined
December 21, 2022 | 10:51pmHere's a look at all 16 captains in Yankees history.
All of Aaron Judge's home runs this season
September 28, 2022 | 9:44pmA look at each of Aaron Judge's home runs in the 2022 season as he aims for Yankee history.
Judge's 60th blast sparks comeback as he ties Babe Ruth, now one shy of Roger Maris
September 20, 2022 | 10:32pmBabe Ruth has some more company.
Babe Ruth's descendant weighs in on Aaron Judge's home run chase
September 20, 2022 | 10:30amAs a colossal figure at the plate, the Yankees’ No. 99 is best compared to their iconic No. 3.
Serena's shoes, Babe's ball, A-Rod's hat: Legendary New York sports memorabilia on the block at Sotheby's
September 6, 2022 | 7:00amThe highly anticipated event is Sotheby's largest-ever auction of sports memorabilia.
Changing baseball landscape illustrates just how unique a season Aaron Judge is having
September 2, 2022 | 6:00amThe way baseball has evolved casts the challenge Aaron Judge has faced in his home run chase in a very different light than what Babe Ruth encountered.
The Yankees' Aaron Judge proves that home runs are still America's signature sports play
July 25, 2022 | 6:52pmNew York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge remains on pace to match or eclipse the single-season home-run mark Roger Maris set in 1961.
The top 10 home run hitters in history
July 8, 2022 | 4:13amThe greatest home run hitters in baseball history, counting down from 10 to 1.
Aaron Judge belts two long homers and joins Yankees legend in history books
June 22, 2022 | 10:17pmAaron Judge joined Babe Ruth in 1928 as the only Yankees to record six multi-homer games in the team’s first 70 games of a season.
Aaron Judge's season could stack up with these New York legends
June 16, 2022 | 11:54pmAt some point, it is a worthy task to see just where Judge might compare with some of the greatest offensive seasons New York has seen.