All in One: "The Comeback Kid" Babe Ruth Full Season

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January 19, 2024 • 89 mins

Welcome to another all-in-one Holy Donors season! As we recently did with our season on George W. Strake, we’re giving you the full season about potential holy donor George Herman “Babe” Ruth, Jr. all at once! Again, we know this makes for a long episode, but it also allows for all of the goodness to arrive at once.

When people think of Babe Ruth, they immediately call to mind his legendary baseball career and his party hard lifestyle off the field. In the coming all-in-one episode, however, our hosts discuss if and how Babe Ruth might deserve the distinction of “holy donor.”

Babe Ruth’s childhood was not an easy one, and our hosts start by sharing stories of Babe Ruth’s youth. We come to understand how, even at a young age, baseball was an important part of his days. Ruth played baseball in high school, and then he made it big as a professional baseball player.

Through the years, Ruth stuns teammates and baseball fans with his unbelievable hitting skills and home run records. His initial years in the major leagues are filled with tremendous success. In 1925, however, Babe Ruth had his worst baseball year yet, and he struggled with almost everything in his life - baseball, teammates, personal life, food, and alcohol, to name a few. Fortunately, Ruth managed to pull himself together in the next year, and he returned to baseball success until his retirement.

Our hosts wrap up the episode by discussing the final years of Babe Ruth’s life, and they share their thoughts on why (or why not!) Ruth merits inclusion in our podcast about holy donors. Long story short, while Babe Ruth’s story is very different from that of our other holy donors (St. Katharine Drexel, for example), those differences don’t discount his potential to have been a great and faithful philanthropist. Take a listen and decide for yourself - is baseball great Babe Ruth also a holy donor?

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