During his five full seasons with the Boston Red Sox, Babe Ruth established himself as one of the premier left-handed pitchers in the game, began his historic transformation from moundsman to slugging outfielder, and was part of three World Series championship teams. After he was sold to the New York Yankees in December 1919, his eye-popping batting performances over the next few seasons helped usher in a new era of long-distance hitting and high scoring, effectively bringing down the curtain on the Deadball Era. - SABR
But I'm sure you've heard of him... He's the one player least likely to appear in luckymann's Footnote League
Gosh, it's gotten even busier here since I tapped out for the holiday to spend time with the family. Nice to see everyone here and keeping the board hoppin'. Maybe I should disappear more often!
Babe is one of the toughest facegens because we all know his face so well. Every expression and facial nook and cranny. Early in his life, as a Sox pitcher and early with the Yanks, his face was very round but got more oval as he aged. It was asked what Babe fg I had in my folder, so here it is for consideration.
Since everyone reading this could have written that SABR intro to this facegen posting, I invite you to read something more interesting about Babe. It's an article about one of Babe's final public appearances... on Christmas:
"I want to take this opportunity to wish all the children, not only in America but all over the world, a very Merry Christmas." - Babe Ruth at the end of the Hotel Astor party on Dec. 10, 1947, held for a group of kids who had been treated with a specific regimen for polio.
https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/...ta-claus-polio
Merry Christmas, everyone!!