http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/08/how-babe-ruth-changed-baseball/ A new Smithsonian blog covering scenes and sightings from the Smithsonian museums and beyond. Mon, 20 May 2013 19:14:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/08/how-babe-ruth-changed-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-7396 rich Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:31:04 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=21592#comment-7396 in reply to jeb, i suspect babe also hit well for average, so he hit his fair share of line drives in addition to flyouts. also, 54 home runs to 80 strikeouts does not seem much in a modern era where home run hitters routinely strikeout 100+ times per year. in reply to jeb, i suspect babe also hit well for average, so he hit his fair share of line drives in addition to flyouts. also, 54 home runs to 80 strikeouts does not seem much in a modern era where home run hitters routinely strikeout 100+ times per year.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/08/how-babe-ruth-changed-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-7394 Jeb Raitt Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:40:31 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=21592#comment-7394 The Yankees have a tradition of home-run hitters, which they probably were able to maintain because they had a whole dugout full of solid line-drive hitters that could make up for all the strikouts and easy catches that are an inevitable side effect of going for the fences. That first year with the Yankees, the Babe hit 54 home runs . . . and struck out 80 times. The Yankees have a tradition of home-run hitters, which they probably were able to maintain because they had a whole dugout full of solid line-drive hitters that could make up for all the strikouts and easy catches that are an inevitable side effect of going for the fences. That first year with the Yankees, the Babe hit 54 home runs . . . and struck out 80 times.

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