Advent 18

Now for one of those GOAT's. To understand Babe Ruth's iconic status I suggest that you spend some happy hours getting to grips with the statistical niceties of baseball - there are a lot of them, even more than in cricket. Ruth had a career batting average of .342. That is good, very good. But, much more telling, he slugged 714 home runs. Until he arrived on the scene the career home run record had been 139. He changed the face of the game he decorated. And beyond the captivating stats there is the sheer largeness of life that he brought to it all. Google 'house that Ruth built', or 'the curse of the bambino' and you will begin to get what I mean. GOAT.