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Exercise and the Spirit
Tuesday, August 01, 2006


On June 7, 1948, as Babe Ruth walks to home plate for the last time, he carries not a bat, but a book. Surprisingly thin, the  Yankee Great slips a leather-bound copy of The Babe Ruth Story into the hands of Yale's team captain and first baseman, George H. W. Bush. Still in love with the game, the beloved slugger lingers after the ceremony to watch Bush knock a double, as Yale drubs Princeton 14-2.

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