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New Babe Ruth Statue at Hanlan's Point

Posted by Tanja / September 19, 2006

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20060919-baberuth.jpgThe Toronto Blue Jays play the New York Yankees tonight... a great match-up, but one with a little more significance on this particulary day.

Today is the day that Heritage Toronto unveiled a new commemorative plaque at Hanlan's Point, the spot where legend, Babe Ruth, hit his first (and only) minor league home run on Sept 5th, 1914.

According to legend, the 3-run homer, against our own Toronto Maple Leafs, was blasted right out into Lake Ontario, never to be recovered. Ruth was promptly brought over to the majors by the Boston Red Sox.

As I write this, everyone from Jays CEO, Paul Godfrey, to city councillors and Tom Stevens - Babe Ruth's Grandson - are at Hanlan's for the unveiling.

(Quick! Get on a ferry!)

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Mark Dowling / September 19, 2006 at 03:18 pm
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I think a community ballpark would be both a nice commemoration and even a tourist attraction as people try to emulate the Babe's blast!
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Sameer Vasta / September 19, 2006 at 04:02 pm
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I think that would be a great idea Mark!

Of course, the Yankees are only 3 games away from clinching the division, so that makes today a significant game day as well.
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Michael / September 19, 2006 at 08:31 pm
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People always seem to be unveiling something over there at Hanlan's Point.
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