Babe Ruth was in a bad way. There were surgeries and suspensions, lawsuits, and tax troubles.
He was fined by the New York Yankees for late-night carousing and had split from his wife Helen, costing him $100,000, and their 125-acre farm in Sudbury MA.Baseball at the Abyss – The Scandals of 1926, Babe Ruth, and the Unlikely Savior Who Rescued a Tarnished GameThe game, reeling from the retirement of the legendary Ty Cobb after game-fixing allegations in 1926, needed a hero — but the ‘Bambino’ wasn’t in the best shape to shoulder the burden.
Even when Ruth went to Hollywood for movie work, McGovern accompanied him, dragging him out of bed for 6 am runs and setting up a studio gym for boxing and weight training.Out went the half dozen hotdogs, four steaks, and 12 cups of coffee he consumed each day, replaced with chicken or fish and water.“Baseball at the Abyss – The Scandals of 1926, Babe Ruth, and the Unlikely Savior Who Rescued a Tarnished Game,” by Dan Taylor.
“It was not only his greatest season,” adds Taylor, “but the greatest season in the history of baseball.”
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