The Greatest Farewells In New York Yankees History
4. Babe Ruth Takes The Mic
This was not exactly your typical on-the-field performance farewell yet a significant one nonetheless. Why? Babe Ruth, plain and simple.
After igniting the game of baseball for 22 years, the ‘Great Bambino’ came back to the Bronx 12 years later, in a battle with cancer, to give his final words to the great Yankee fans.
[sc name=”Yankees Center 2″ ]On April 27, 1947, 58,339 eager fans packed into the ‘House That Ruth Built’ to bid farewell to a baseball icon. Not only were his numbers off the charts throughout his career but he made the game an attraction for years to come.
This one meant a great deal to the sports landscape.
