Letter, 1996, Septemeber 27.

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Letter, 1996, Septemeber 27.

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Letter, September 27, 1942, from Nana to John sharing stories of her father, Jimmie Foxx. She talks about him both as a player and as a father figure. Nana speculates the number of homeruns that her father would have had if he had played under the same rules as Babe Ruth. She also mentions the year he coached the Fort Wayne Daisies. The letter is handwritten and six pages long.

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Fort Wayne Daisies (Baseball team)

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Foxx, Jimmie.

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Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

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George Herman Ruth was born February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland to Katherine and George Herman Ruth Sr. In 1902, Ruth was sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, an orphanage and reformatory, at the age of seven to teach him discipline. It was here that he learned to play baseball. He signed a contract with the minor league Baltimore Orioles in 1914. Ruth received his nickname "Babe" when his minor league teammates referred to him as manager Jack Dunn's new babe. He began his ma...