Seventy years ago Wednesday, Babe Ruth made his final appearance at Yankee Stadium. His voice was weak and raspy from the cancer that would take his life in a matter of weeks, but he managed to don a uniform as part of the ceremony at which his number 3 was retired. That uniform is the centerpiece of a Ruth display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, but we now … [Read more...] about 1948 Jersey from Ruth’s Farewell Day Has Deeper History
