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Show wereeverey DAILY Sunday, April30, 2006 HERALD— MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL trial School,'a reformatory and orphanage. His sale to the New York Yankees in December Continued from DI 1919left a curse on the Boston Red Sox for 85 years,andhis Ruth camefirst. By setting the bar as high as he did, he 1932 WorldSeries remains.one of the best stories in sports. chased him not only be lucky He wasavery special per- “Aslong as there's baseball.” son,” said Stevens, who was 12 when Ruth married her Stevens said, “Daddy's nameis mother, Claire, and adopted her.““So many people todayI alwaysgoing to be used.” Ruth earned the nickname think have heard stories about himfromtheirfathers, their grandtathers, andit grows. It “The Sultan of Swat”for his incredible productivity at the plate. He led the majorsin homersin 12 of his 22 seasons, seems to growevery year and getbigger “1 remember whenI gave one hitting 45 or moreninetimes. Whenhehit a record 60 in 1927, it was more than anyother of my books... that season. Julia Ruth Stevens, daughter s By the time heretired in 1935, he held career records for home runs,RBls(2,213), extra-base hits (1/356), walks (2,062), and on-base andslugging averages. He'd set single-season marks for homers, extra-basehits, total bases and walks. Most of the records stood for decades (Bonds tied the career extrabase hits record on Friday night). tea kid about 12 years old,” she said. “I got the ERIC RISBERG team in the American League BabeRuth, sits at her home neur photographs andastatueof herfather in SunCity, Ariz earlier this year. Ruth's personality. as grand as his game, makes himanicon to this day. He had a penchant for carousing, trying to make up for everything he'd missed growingupat St. Mary’s Indus- nicest thank younote from him. He said how muchhe enjoyed the book, hew muchit meant to him and how when he was grown upandgot married and hadchildren, he was going to tell them all about Babe Ruth.” And nothing can ever dimin- ish that, regardless of where Ruthstandsin the record books. Tom Stevenspraised Aaron his class, poise and humility provided plenty of surprises one more spot in history. Bonds has been dogged by “called shot” in Game3 of the demanded that anyone who and good,but great First month ofMLB season during his pursuit of the Babe. Healso had kind words for Bonds, who is on the verge of pushing his grandfather down questionsof steroid use for several seasons. The recent book “Game of Shadows” detailed allegations against him, and a federal grandjuryis 40. Barry Bonds is closing in » At 47, Julio Franco of the New York Mets becamethe oldestplayerin big league history to hit a home run and the secondoldestto steal a base. » Pedro Martinez earned his 200th win. on Babe Ruth. The first.month of the JimmyRollins carried a 36- MikeFitzpatrick THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. investigating whether he committed perjury whenhe told Albert Pujols is off to one of the best starts in baseball his- anothergrandjury he never knowingly used performance- tory. Greg Maddux is turning back the clock after turning enhancing drugs. Major League Baseball has launched its own investigation into steroid use, headed by former Senate Majority Leader GeorgeMitchell. season has provided some extraordinary performances and plenty to talk about, not to mention a few surprises After watching an episode of “Bonds on Bonds,” the ESPN show aboutthe slugger’slife, Tom Stevens said hefelt “really sad”for Bonds. “I watched oneinstallment less against St. Louis on April Jonny Gomes, former Utah star Chris Shelton and Nick Swisher are among the AL homerun leaders. Colorado entered Fridayin first place — without Todd Helton. MarianoRiverawas 0-2 with a 4.32 ERA, and Atlanta's starting pitchers had combined for and really, honestly, have nothing but sympathy for the guy,” TomStevenssaid. “He's got so muchonhis plate right now. It’s largelyof his doing, but still only three wins. Someother notable mo- When hetears up, you can't help butfeel badly for him.” » Philadelphia shortstop gamehitting streak into the season from last year and ranit to 38 before goinghit- ments in April: 6. » ThePhillies became the first visiting team to win 1-0at CoorsField. ¥ Colorado's CorySullivan becamethefirst player in 55 ~ yearsto hit twotriples in one inning. » Milwaukee becamethe first team since the 1966 Twins to hit five homeruns in one inning. wALLEy UVSC / Thanksgiving Point AUTO EXPO May sisi & 20th ¢ 3003 N. Thanksgiving Way, Lehi, Utah BILEOinst. BARBER) Powder Works... 28948. 3270. 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