Good morning!
I’m Lacy McKay.
It’s time for the KSJD outdoor report
Tomorrow marks an important anniversary.
On May 6, 1915, baseball history was quietly made at the Polo Grounds in New York.
A young Red Sox pitcher named Babe Ruth—just 20 years old—stepped up to the plate in the third inning and belted his very first major league home run.
It was only his 18th at-bat, but he crushed a pitch from Yankees hurler Jack Warhop into the right-field stands, stunning the 8,000 fans in attendance.
Though Ruth was in the lineup that day for his arm, not his bat, it was a sign of things to come.
He pitched over 12 innings in that game, but it was the sound of that swing—echoing through the crisp spring air—that would define the legend to come.
That homer was the first of 714, and while Ruth would go on to become a Yankees icon, it all began with one swing in a Red Sox uniform.
That’s the KSJD Outdoor Report for today.
Swing for the fences today.
