In addition to being one of the greatest hitters baseball has ever seen, Babe Ruth was one of the game’s most colorful personalities during his 22-year career.
On June 8, 1921, in game two of a vital four-game set for the second-place Yankees against the first-place Cleveland Indians, the Great Bambino brought the concept of being “fashionably late” to baseball, though not entirely by choice.
Mick Gillispie told the story during Sunday’s game between the Smokies and the Jacksonville Suns.
Andrew Green
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