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Posted By: Getting Back to the Future

As a young teener, I was sitting in the right field bleachers in the House that Ruth built.
Watching, and listenning to Mel Allen introduce a legend wearing a tan camel hair coat, and standing somewhere near homeplate.
The date was April 27 1947.
You would never know by the deafening silence, that the Ball Orhard in the Bronx was totally packed.
The stadium was alive when Mel started his introduction, but you could hear a pin drop when the man in the camel hair coat started to speak.
His voice was raspy, and hard to make out.
Actually the man didn't have to say a word.
He had already made his mark, and his statements have all been stamped in history.
The man had saved baseball, and had established a dynasty in the Bronx.
That day, we were there for the MAN.
The day was BABE RUTH Day April 27 1947, and to me, it's still a memorable moment.