Babe Ruth's Boston Homecoming

And a few odds and ends about the Hall of Fame legend.

Pregame Pepper

. . . In his final game as a Yankee, Babe Ruth went 0-for-3 against the Washington Senators in Griffith Stadium. He flew out twice, grounded out once, drew one walk, and was replaced in right field by Myril Hoag for the bottom of the eighth.

. . . In 1948, Ruth donated the original manuscript of The Babe Ruth Story to Yale University, pres…