Growing up I always had heard his first pro home run was in Fayetteville as a member of the Orioles minor league team. Then today I am reading torontosun.com and they are celebrating Babe's first pro home run in Toronto... Now the question is.. Who's get the legit right to say where he hit his first home run??

Toronto Sun article
http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2006/09/20/1867320-sun.html


Article about his first HR in Fayetteville.
http://www.ceciliatan.com/Entry131.html

It seems as though his HR in Fayetteville was in an intra-squad game and his HR in Toronto was in an actual game...

9/20/2006 12:54:55 PM

the real question is: why are you reading the toronto sun? They're Candians for Christ's sake.

9/20/2006 12:56:02 PM

^

If you must know why.. This is why I read torontosun.com

I just happened to catch the Ruth headline..


http://torontosun.com/SUNshineGirl/home.html

9/20/2006 12:57:35 PM

Quote :

"They're Candians for Christ's sake."

Fucking Candians and all their.....their.....mmmm......CANDY!!!!!

9/20/2006 12:58:33 PM

we all know that canadians can't be trusted.

9/20/2006 1:00:49 PM

they claim Sept. 1914, while the Fayetteville plaque claims March 1914, so we win anyway

9/20/2006 1:09:57 PM

^ yeah I saw that.. But does an intra-squad HR count before a regular season HR? I mean by definition he was getting paid so he was a pro and he did hit a HR.... But I would imagine if you looked up his minor league stats it'll only show regular season HRs so they'll use that in their defense...

edit:

Quote :

"Ruth's only minor league homer was hit in Toronto."

http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/ruthba01.php

[Edited on September 20, 2006 at 1:18 PM. Reason : .]

9/20/2006 1:12:09 PM

if you really have to dig it out then i say give it to toronto



its like the north carolina - new york battle for michael jordan

jordan was born in brooklyn, but grew up in wilmington

9/20/2006 3:02:09 PM

or the ohio/north carolina debate over who can claim the wright bros and the first flight. wrights were born in ohio but took their first flight here. ohio says they are the birth place of flight, while we claim to be first in flight.

9/20/2006 3:20:41 PM

barry bonds

9/20/2006 6:07:11 PM

Why would anyone count scrimmages in actual stats?

9/20/2006 6:56:40 PM

the babe used steriods

9/20/2006 7:12:27 PM

^

You're missing the whole point.

1) Babe Ruth played in an intra-squad minor league game in March 1914 in Fayetteville NC and hit a HR
Technically he was a pro and he did hit a HR.

2) Ruth played in a regular season minor league game in Toronto in Sept 1914 and hit a HR.
If intra-squad games do not count then Toronto can claim it.

Which city has the legit claim to Ruth's first ever pro home run?



I'll even post 2 pics since it seems none of you have read either article.


Fayetteville Ruth marker



Toronto Ruth marker



Tom Stevens, Babe Ruth's grandson, reads a plaque dedicating Ruth's first, and only, minor league home run at Hanlan's Point on the Toronto Islands yesterday. The home run ball might be at the bottom of the water to this day. (Michael Peake, SUN)

9/20/2006 7:16:19 PM

is that willem dafoe?

9/20/2006 7:27:20 PM