Dear
Family and Associates of George Steinbrenner,
We would like to offer our condolences to you on the loss of a real baseball personality. Our mother, Dorothy
Ruth Pirone, was lucky enough to have known George and they had a mutual respect for each other: she, as the daughter
of the most famous Yankee, Babe Ruth, and he, as the owner of the greatest baseball franchise.
You are all in our prayers and know that the loss of the Boss is greatly felt around the country.
Ruthian regards,
Linda
Ruth Tosetti and Ellen Ruth Hourigan
CONGRATULATIONS
LINDA RUTH TOSETTI ON THE INDUCTION OF YOUR GRANDFATHER GEORGE HERMAN "BABE" RUTH INTO THE WORLD SPORTS HUMANITARIAN
HALL OF FAME. OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS LINDA HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO SHOW THE WORLD THE GOOD NAME AND CHARACTER OF BABE
RUTH THROUGH APPEARANCES, CHARITABLE WORKS AND UPCOMING MEDIA PRODUCTIONS. AFTER WRITER DANNY TORRES SUGGESTED THAT BABE'S
NAME BE SUBMITTED IN NOMINATION FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, HISTORIANS DR. BILL MALONEY, MICHAEL MAURO AND HERBIE BUCK SUBMITTED
BABE'S NAME ALONG WITH SUPPORTING HISTORICAL INFORMATION. THE AWARD WAS GIVEN AT THE STUECKLE SKY CLUB AT BRONCO STADIUM
IN BOISE, IDAHO ON JUNE 12.
Babe's Grandaughter at Babe Ruth Plaza
At the new Yankee Stadium
Where Linda met Artist Junior Pagan
Who presented her with Babe Ruth at the House That Ruth Built
Junior brought his family with him.
To honor Babe and Babe's family!
Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St Marys Ontario
Linda at the Canadian Baseball HOF Induction
With Fergie Jenkins, Murray King, Billy Atkinson, Gene Dziadura
2010 Inductee Robbie Alomar
Linda's husband Andy
Showing good form at the Canadian HOF Game
Canadian HOF Volunteer Zack
And his wonderful family
Canadian Olympic Gold Medalists
Mohr and Virtue were on hand
Toronto Blue Jay Mascot was there
Having fun with the crowd
GEORGE HERMAN "BABE" RUTH
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER 1923
Quotes about Babe Ruth
"To say 'Babe Ruth' is to say 'Baseball'." -- ex A.L. President Will
Harridge
"No one hit home runs the way Babe did. They were something
special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings then take
off for the stands." -- Lefty Gomez
"...and no player has
held onto the nation's affection longer. George Herman 'Babe' Ruth - who mixed a batsman's steely gaze and a happy-go-lucky
lifestyle - tops a USA TODAY reader's poll as the greatest sports star of all time." -- Mel Antonen
"... I've seen them; kids, men, women, worshippers all, hoping to get his name on a torn,
dirty piece of paper, or hoping for a grunt of recognition when they said, 'Hi-ya, Babe.' He never let them down; not once.
He was the greatest crowd pleaser of them all." -- Waite Hoyt, teammate
"...in today's marketplace, Ruth could command a $10 million annual contract without even blinking an eye." -- Ron Shapiro, baseball agent
"Some twenty years ago, I stopped
talking about the Babe for the simple reason that I realized that those who had never seen him didn't believe me." -- Tommy Holmes, sportswriter
"He hits the ball harder and further
than any man I ever saw." -- Bill Dickey, teammate
"He
has created an expectation of hero worship on the part of the youth of this country, and it was a most fortunate thing that
Ruth kept faith with the boyhood of America because they loved him." -- Branch Rickey, ex-Manager of Brooklyn
Dodgers
"Every big leaguer and his wife should teach their children to
pray, "God bless Mommy, God bless Daddy, and God bless Babe Ruth." -- Waite Hoyt
"Sometimes I still can't believe what I saw," said Harry Hooper, a Boston teammate of Ruth's. "This
19-year-old kid, crude, poorly educated, only lightly brushed by the social veneer we call civilization, gradually transformed
into the idol of American youth and the symbol of baseball the world over - a man loved by more people and with an intensity
of feeling that perhaps has never been equaled before or since."
"To
understand him you had to understand this: he wasn't human." -- teammate Joe Dugan
"He came up again in the ninth. I was a little mad. I told my catcher, Tommy Padden, he was not good enough
to hit my fastball. I came through with a fastball for strike one. I missed with the second. The next pitch I nodded to Tommy.
I was going to throw the ball past Mr. Ruth. It was on the outside corner. As he went around third, Ruth gave me the hand
sign meaning 'to hell with you.' He was better than me. He was the best that ever lived. That big joker hit it clear out of
the park for his third home run of the game. It was the longest homer I'd ever seen in baseball." -- Guy Bush
of the Pittsburgh Pirates on giving up Ruth's last home run (it was the first to clear the rightfield grandstand at Forbes
Field and some estimated the distance at 600 feet.) Quoted in Bush's "Sporting News" obituary after his death.
"Ruth made a grave mistake when he gave up pitching. Working once a week, he might have
lasted a long time and become a great star." -- Tris Speaker on Babe Ruth's future, 1921
"He wasn't a baseball player. He was a worldwide celebrity, an international star, the likes of which baseball
has never seen since." -- broadcaster Ernie Harwell
George
Herman Ruth, the Babe, the Bambino, the Sultan of Swat!
Want to know about salaries?
Low salaries were even cited as a potential reason
for the infamous Black Sox Scandal, in which players from the Chicago White Sox sought to throw the 1919 World Series. The move to big bucksWhat prompted
the change? The “reserve clause” was nullified in 1975, opening the door for players to collectively bargain for
higher salaries. What did that do to players’ wallets? In 1920, the average salary was $5,000 a year. It took 50 years
for salaries to reach $30,000, but with the reserve clause out of the picture the average salary was $143,000 by 1980. Today’s
average baseball salary is $3.3 million. The business of baseball has also changed a lot over the years,
allowing teams to spend big bucks on their players. Games were first televised in 1939, and by 1966 games were being sold
as a national television package. Baseball teams went from being valued at less than $800,000 on average in 1920 to $286 million
in 2001. The New York Yankees are worth an estimated $1.6 billion today.
Babe Ruth, considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time, made $80,000 as a member
of the New York Yankees in 1930. At the time this was an incredible sum (he earned more than then-President Hoover), but compared
to today’s baseball player his salary looks like chump change. Here’s how some of baseball’s most-beloved
players would have stacked up if their salaries were updated to 2010 dollars:
Ted Williams:The left fielder was a 19-time All-Star player with
521 career home runs and a .344 lifetime batting average. He had a total of 2,654 hits and an impressive 1,839 runs batted
in (RBIs).
Hank Aaron: “Hammerin’ Hank” was a 25-time All-Star. He set the MLB
record for the most career home runs with 755 and had a .305 lifetime batting average. The outfielder’s career RBIs
were 2,297.
Willie Mays: Considered by many to be the greatest all-around player of any era, Mays
was a 24-time All-Star who knocked out 660 home runs. He earned a .302 lifetime batting average, a whopping 3,283 hits, and
1,903 RBIs.
Joe DiMaggio: The New York Yankees center fielder was a 13-time All-Star, the only player
to play in the All-Star Game in every season he played. His career stats include 361 home runs, a .325 lifetime batting average,
2,214 hits and 1,537 RBIs.
Mickey Mantle: Legendary National Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle was a
20-time All-Star who tallied 536 home runs, a .298 lifetime batting average, 2,415 hits and 1,509 RBIs.
Babe Ruth: “The
Bambino” hit 714 home runs and finished with a .342 lifetime batting average. Arguably the most famous player to have
ever played the game, Ruth totaled 2,873 hits and 2,217 RBIs.
NY Afgan designed by Linda and beautifully knitted by her sister Ellen Ruth Hourigan
We are having a blast signing for
everyone at the 'Relay For Life Dinner' at the Wallingford, CT. Elks Club
Super Bowl Sunday
at Rivalry in Monroe, Conn.
Owners
Joe, Lou, David posing with the 'Colossus of Clout' bat Linda presented to Lou
Chazz&AJ
interview 98 year old Stan "The Dancing Man" Grause who was a friend of Babe Ruth during his Yankee days
In January 2010 Linda Ruth Tosetti traveled to Tampa, Florida to take part in the "Power Showcase" which
showcase young talented sluggers from all over the world
This year they came from 15 different countries! Power Showcase..
It
was a great event. Linda enjoyed meeting all the ball players and their families. Every player was there because
he was the best of the best! Babe's Granddaughter was honored to be there with everyone and watch balls hit, friendships
made and fun being made!
On Babe's popularity among fans...Linda
Ruth Tosetti writes:
“…I
feel my grandfather never asked for this admiration, he earned it. It is not something you can buy from the fans or demand.
It is there because the fans felt that love and respect Babe had for them and the time he took with each one. That is how
Babe Ruth earned his place in history with baseball being his vehicle. When all the memorials are dust, Babe Ruth will always
be remembered, especially in the hearts of all baseball fans.”
"What Babe Ruth is comes down
one generation, handing it to the next, as a national heirloom". Jimmy Cannon
Babe Ruth is the man who saved baseball and launched a major league revolution in hitting!
Join our effort to honor the Babe by having his famous number 3 retired throughout Major League Baseball.
As baseball’s first and greatest home run king, Babe Ruth revolutionized
the sport. In 1920, his fifty-four home runs made all the critics of baseball forget about the 1919 Black Sox scandal, and
brought the fans back to our national pastime. His first year in New York drew over a million fans into the ball parks. There
was yet another gambling scandal after the 1926 season which implicated both Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker. Neither man was convicted
of anything, but they were both forced out of their respective positions with their teams. In an article that was written,
Babe told the public not to worry about the scandal, and predicted the greatest baseball season ever in 1927. My grandfather
captured the attention of the entire nation by breaking his own record by smashing 60 home runs. By the end of the season,
everyone had forgotten the black eye that had afflicted baseball earlier that same year. Babe Ruth saved baseball for the
second time
courtesy of George Alverio
At Cooperstown
The Babe and Linda
Linda Ruth Tosetti was born December 22,1954 in Meriden ,Connecticut, the daughter of
Dorothy Helen Ruth Pirone and Dominick Pirone,a contractor from New York City. She is the
granddaughter of the legendary Babe Ruth and lectures
on the life of her world renowned grandfather, George Herman “Babe” Ruth, at various schools
and universities. Linda had the honor of being inducted into the Latino American International Sports Hall Of Fame,
in Laredo Texas in 2009. She has been a guest speaker at The Societyof America Baseball
Research, the a guest of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown NY, She has also
spoken at the Babe Ruth Museum in Baltimore Maryland, the Ted Williams Museum, Tropicana
Field, in St. Petersburg, Florida, at the St. Petersburg Preservation Society. Linda has been a
presenter of the Babe Ruth Post Season MVP Award that is given annually at the NY Sports Writers
Dinner, held in New York City. Linda Ruth Tosetti has also been a Contributor to Fox Channel News, ESPN,
the Chicago Sun-Times, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Washington Times and has been an honored guest at
Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park and various important sporting venues and events throughout
America. She is considered a leading authority on the life and times of her fabled grandfather from an intimate family point
of view.
Her striking resemblance to her grandfather shows she is a direct descendant through her mother, Dorothy
Ruth Pirone, Babe Ruth’s only blood daughter. It is a goal of Ms. Tosetti to see Major League Baseball
retire her grandfather’s Number 3, (http://www.thetruebaberuth.com) as a final honor and tribute to the enormous
contributions Babe Ruth made to the national pastime of baseball and to
have a statue of her amazing grandfather put in the new Yankee Stadium.There is a desire for this
in the new stadium, as voiced by the fans. She is in the process of setting
up the GHR Group for education and to further the legacy of Babe Ruth through charitable
works.
Mrs. Tosetti resides in
Connecticut with her husband, Andrew.
