Happpy Birthday to the Greatest Baseball Player Ever.

"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run."

---George Herman Ruth


February 6th is the Great Bambino's birthday. He remains the greatest baseball player in the history of the game. Home run hitters have come and gone. But, there's only one Sultan of Swat. Today, there are pumped up freaks who sully the American pasttime and confuse the casual observer as to what constitutes "greatness." Let's lay the confusion to rest.

In 1927, the Bambino hit 60 home runs in a 154-game schedule. His 60 homers counted for 14% of all the home runs hit by the entire American League. To put that in context for 2005, a batter would have had to hit 340 home runs to equal 14% of the American League's output.

Did he do it in the clutch? Babe remains the only player in MLB history to hit 3 home runs in two separate World Series games. He hit 3 in game 4 of the 1926 Series and did it again when he hit 3 home runs in game 4 of the 1928 Series.

Speaking of World Series' records, he still holds the one for the longest complete game victory in World Series history. In 1916, he pitched the Red Sox to a 14 inning complete game victory against Brooklyn. He gave up 1 run in the first, and then pitched 13 innings of scoreless ball to win the game 2-1.

That, my friends, is greatness. It is unparalleled.

Stay tuned as Babe Ruth week continues. Same Bat time. Same Bat channel.