Happy Babe Ruth 100th anniversary day — get ready for his Dodgers (yes, Dodgers) bobblehead

Jon Weisman
Dodger Insider
Published in
1 min readJul 11, 2014

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LAD 2014 Babe Ruth Bobblehead (Farmer John)

Today is the 100th anniversary of Babe Ruth’s debut in the Major Leagues. On July 11, 1914, the 19-year-old Ruth pitched seven innings for the Boston Red Sox in a 4–3 victory, allowing two earned runs on eight hits and no walks, while going 0 for 2 at the plate. Anthony Castrovince has more on Ruth’s big-league inauguration at MLB.com.

It’s a great day to unveil the September 9 Babe Ruth Bobblehead promotion, commemorating Ruth’s time as a Dodger coach in 1938. Tickets are available now. The giveaway is for the first 50,000 ticketed fans in attendance, and no, we don’t expect any delivery trucks to break down this time around.

— Jon Weisman

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Writer of “100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die” and former Dodger director of digital and print content. Twitter: @jonweisman.