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Babe's Cake

Babe's Cake

Babe Ruth poses on his 39th birthday with a cake shaped like Yankee Stadium. The icing reads, "Babe's 39th Homer." For decades Ruth was a larger-than-life icon to millions, a man whose prodigious appetite for pretty much everything -- home runs, hot dogs, booze, doughnuts, women -- assured that he would happily assume the mantle of American folk hero.

In this photo: Babe Ruth

Photo: New York Times Co./Getty Images

Feb 07, 1933
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