April 27 in Minnesota Twins History: Babe Ruth Final Speech (1947)

On April 27, 1947, the New York Yankees hold Babe Ruth Day at Yankee Stadium. A crowd of 58,339 attends the ceremony at “The House That Ruth Built” to honor the game’s all-time home run leader, who is dying of throat cancer. Ruth will succumb the following summer…In the game, Sid Hudson of the Washi

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