Bucs Dugout: An SB Nation Community

Navigation: Jump to content areas:


Sports blogs for fans, by fans.
Around SBN: Sean Keeley's Week 12 College Football Buffet

article on Babe Ruth's last homer(s)

which everyone knows were at Forbes Field.  

Here's the link:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06130/688769-63.stm  It's actually rather sad to read, as it really sheds light on the pathetic end to the legend's great career: the image from the article of him shuffling back to his hotel after realizing his hopes to be a manager are not to be fulfilled will stay with me forever.

Does anyone else have Forbes memories they'd like to share?  I'd love to read them.  

I was born in '61 (conceived during the off-season of '60, with my parents basking in the glory of the WS victory over the hated Yanks), and I made the trip from State College to Forbes about 5 or 6 times before they tore it down.  Mostly my memories are of driving a long time, then being SUPREMELY disappointed when Clemente wasn't in the starting lineup (this must have happened more than once, as I remember it very vividly).  I did, thankfully, get to see him play on several occasions; we even have a Clemente opposite field extra base hit on old grainy super 8 film... absolutely classic.

0 recs  |  Comment 1 comment

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Display:

Great
Great post, I enjoyed reading it very, very much.

by Sign on May 15, 2006 12:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

Welcome to the SB Nation blog about Pittsburgh Pirates.
Start posting about the Pirates »

Join SB Nation and dive into communities focused on all your favorite teams.

FanPosts

Community blog posts and discussion.

Recent FanPosts

Small
Conventional Wisdom
101_0170_small
40-Man Moves
18470r_small
Rule 5 possibilities
20080124sgrammy_330_small
Small Market Teams Pocketing Spare Change
Small
Jeebus Cracker
Small
McCutchen's defense
Small
Roberto calling
20090612mf_fleury_cup_500hp_small
Pirates would trade Doumit!
Leo4_small
John Sickels' Comments on Donnie Veal
Pitt20_small
LaRoche to the Phils?

+ New FanPost All FanPosts >

FanShots

Quick hits of video, photos, quotes, chats, links and lists that you find around the web.

Recent FanShots

Mariners Eyeing Doumit
Tabata 5-5 w/3 Ribbies - Hitting .390 @ EOS
Bay rejects $60M over 4 years
"[Chase D'Arnaud] does everything well enough," said an American League...
Pirates hire Steve Williams as Major League scout
Jim Tracy, Baby! NL Manager of the Year!
2009 Minor League Six-Year Free Agent Listing
NL Rookie of the Year: Chris Coghlan
2010 CHONE Projections
2010 UZR Projections

+ New FanShot All FanShots >

SPONSORS


Managers

Charlie_small Charlie