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  The Cincinnati Reds Scrapbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
His father was killed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and Pinelli quit school at an early age to help provide for his family.
His nickname "Babe" was given to him because he was the youngest ­"the baby" - of his childhood group of friends.
In 1920 Pinelli was back in the major leagues but batted only.229, and in 1921 he returned to the Pacific Coast league.
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 New York Yankees (1903-Present)
In a year in which Babe Ruth was lost much of the season to surgery and suspension, the Yankees finish 7th with a 69-85 record, it would be their last losing season 40 years.
With Babe Ruth's return to full strength and the establishment of a new middle infield of Tony Lazzeri and Mark Koenig, the Yankees took their 4th pennant with a record of 91-63.
Babe Ruth became the first player ever to hit 60 HR, and was over shadowed the MVP year by his teammate Lou Gehrig who drove in 173 runs, and batted.373.
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 Babe Pinelli | BaseballLibrary.com
Pinelli started in baseball as a ML third baseman, twice batting over.300 as a member of the Reds.
Pinelli became one of baseball's best-known and most respected umpires and had a "soft thumb," less likely than most to throw players or managers out of games.
Pinelli claimed that he did not miss a single regulation game in his 22 years as an NL umpire.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/P/Pinelli_Babe.stm   (237 words)

  
 Babe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Babe Ruth, American baseball player and United States national icon.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, an American multi-sport female athlete.
BaBe, a Japanese singing duo from the 1980s.
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 Thinking back to another December, and another war
In Boston, on what must have been December 10, Babe and I hunted up a Marine recruiting office, and were both rejected out of hand as soon as they saw the heavy horn-rimmed eyeglasses we each wore.
We went home — Babe to Pelham, New York, I to New York City — said goodbye to our families, and a few days later at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, took the oath of allegiance and donned the olive drab of privates, U.S. Army Air Corps (as it was then called).
Babe goes off to the distant food stand to get nourishment for all of us, and as he starts back down in our direction in his bathing trunks and eyeglasses, arms loaded with hotdogs and popsicles, Gloria gives a light laugh followed by: “Here comes Mr.
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 Larsen's perfect game remains gold standard - Baseball - MSNBC.com
The umpire behind the plate was Babe Pinelli.
Pinelli had been a major league player for eight seasons and a National League umpire for 22 more.
He was the umpire for Jackie Robinson’s first major league game and this would be Pinelli’s last game behind the plate; he had already announced his retirement.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/15149004/wid/11915773/page/3   (836 words)

  
 Scripps Howard News Service
Dear Babe: In my late mother-in-law's effects, I found a baseball signed by Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and one other player _ last name something "ock.'' It is in poor to average condition.
Dear Babe: I have an old baseball signed by George Burns, Adolph Luque and Babe Pinelli.
Dear Babe: In the late 1960s when I was 7, I began writing to my heroes, asking for autographed pictures.
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 In the Interest of Christian Unity - House to House - Heart to Heart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Babe Ruth was at bat and Babe Pinelli was the umpire behind the plate.
The first pitch was a swing and a miss, as was the second pitch.
Ruth got in Pinelli’s face and said, “There’s 40,000 people here who know that last one was a ball, tomato head.” Pinelli took a look around the stadium, then responded to Ruth, “Maybe so, but mine is the only opinion that counts.
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 Elysian Fields Quarterly - The Baseball Review
Babe Ruth sat in the dugout between innings eating hot dogs.
After the game, Babe Ruth came up to Dad, who was lying on the trainer's table, numb and white as a sheet.
By next year, Babe (Ruth that is, not Pinelli) was playing for the Yankees.
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 Babe Pinelli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In his book, The Game of Baseball, the late Gil Hodges tells a story of how, while dressing for a game, he and several other Brooklyn Dodgers debated which umpires were most likely and least likely to eject a player from a game.
Hodges recalls that Pee Wee Reese expressed the opinion that Pinelli was the umpire least likely to throw a player out.
This biographical article relating to a baseball player, manager, or other figure is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Babe_Pinelli   (374 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / Baseball / Red Sox / In 1941, All-Star blow left a permanent glow
He bounded around the bases with the exuberance of a kid who has received a bicycle and an air gun on Christmas morn, jumping and waving his arms, running on air.
Babe Pinelli, home plate umpire: "I remember well calling Ted out in the eighth inning due to a comment he and I had in the ninth.
The National Leaguers had missed what appeared to be a cinch double play when Joe DiMaggio hit to the second sacker and [Arky] Vaughan threw low to [Frank] McCormick at first, which he couldn't handle.
www.boston.com /sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/05/09/in_1941_all_star_blow_left_a_permanent_glow?pg=2   (775 words)

  
 Kansas City Star | 10/08/2006 | 50 years later, it’s perfect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Pinelli glanced up in the stands and saw Ford Frick, the commissioner of baseball.
Frick, Pinelli would say, was white as a sheet.
Pinelli looked out to center field and saw the Yankees great Mickey Mantle, who had hit a home run that gave the Yankees the lead.
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 You Ready For the Judgement Day? by Keith Smith
Once baseball umpire, Babe Pinelli, called Babe Ruth out on strikes.
Well needless to say that the Babe argued with the call and said, “There’s 40,000 people here who know that last one was a ball, tomato head.”
Pinelli replied: Maybe so, but mine is the only decision that counts.
www.higherpraise.com /outlines/hpserm/Sermon519.htm   (1642 words)

  
 Tara Umpires: History 7
Along with Emslie, Klem, O'Day, and Rigler, the National League staff boasted George Barr, Lee Ballanfant, Larry Goetz, George Magerkurth, "Uncle Charley" Moran, Ralph "Babe" Pinelli, Ernie Quigley, and John "Beans" Reardon.
Like their predecessors, the majority hailed from the Northeast, the Midwest, and the South; and many were former athletes for whom umpiring was a way of staying in baseball.
Ethnically, the umpires reflected a pattern of cultural assimilation similar to that evident in the rosters of players.
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 babe page - bape
The term Babe, which in most uses is short for Baby, might refer to:
If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Dear Babe: I have a mini-basketball signed by Al McGuire, Jim Valvano and Lute Olsen.
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 Topica Email List Directory
Pinelli replied, `Maybe so, but mine is the only opinion that counts.'"
Babe Ruth had hit 714 home runs during his baseball career and was playing
Babe Ruth said, "Most of the people who have really counted in my life were
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 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Babe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
His 1997 memoir Tuesdays with Morrie was a record-breaking best seller with 11 million copies in print in 41 countries....
Marshall Democrat-News - Meg played by Nicole Rodriguez; and Babe, played by Renee Powell are reunited after Babe shoots her husband and is released on bail.
Lenny, the eldest, has a strong sense of responsibility and has been living at the family home taking care of ailing......
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/babe   (544 words)

  
 moviebb
Babe Ruth, Joe McCarthy, Bill Dickey, Bob Muesel and Mark Koenig have cameos.
Filmed at the ubiquitous Wrigley Field in Los Angeles (home of the PCL Angels) where most of the ballpark scenes were filmed prior to 1960 including 1959's syndicated TV show, Home Run Derby.
Sentimental telling of Babe's story with the non-athletic William Bendix in the title role.
www.sandlotshrink.com /moviebb.htm   (1738 words)

  
 Redding: Sports Columnists
Dear Babe: In my late mother-in-law's effects, I found a baseball signed by Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and one other player -- last name something "ock." It is in poor to average condition.
If you have a question for Babe Waxpak, include your full name and hometown, the card number, year and manufacturer or send a photocopy.
The address is: Babe Waxpak, Box 492397, Redding CA 96049-2397 or e-mail babewaxpak@charter.net.
www.redding.com /redd/sp_columnists/article/0,2232,REDD_17571_4480259,00.html   (584 words)

  
 The Official Home of Baseball Historian Dr. Harold Seymour and the SABR Seymour Medal Award
The voice was that of Babe Hamburger, a Brooklyn clubhouse attendant, who had just passed me with his hands full of food one Sunday afternoon about 1925 as I was standing near the Ebbets Field pass gate on Cedar Place.
Another time during pregame practice there was a commotion at the far end of the bench when one player insulted another with an ethnic slur.
Cincinnati infielders Babe Pinelli and Sammy Bohne were punching and pummeling each other while corpulent Jack Hendricks, the team’s manager, fluttered over the two players, pleading, "Stop it, boys, stop it--right out here in front of the public!" while other players quickly gathered in front to conceal the fight.
haroldseymour.com /article.asp?articleid=19623   (2385 words)

  
 Spike and Joe (Sports) by Dick Meister
But mainly there were infielders, beginning with shortstop Mark Koenig and second baseman Lazzeri of the 1927 Yankees -- still considered by many to be the best team in the entire history of baseball.
Later came Babe Dahlgren, who replaced first baseman Lou Gehrig on that day in 1939 when a fatal illness ended Gehrig's string of 2,130 consecutive games, and Frankie Crosetti, Jerry Coleman and Bobby Brown, later president of the American League.
For three years during the 1920s, the team's entire infield was manned by players he had trained -- Lew Fonseca, Sammy Bohne, Ike Caveny and Babe Pinelli.
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 Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - It's the Magical #60, Babe
It's hard to believe, but slightly more than two years into the series, we have reached baseball's magical number, with this sixtieth installment of Baseball's Hall of Names here on Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (if you're curious, the entire list is available at http://www.mickdoherty.com/sports/hallofnames.htm).
Given that every third Babe seems to be a first baseman, it looks like this might be hard to do without calling in some reinforcements.
Actually, not to be a baby about this, but it's definitely the case -- so we'll open this up to players nicknamed "Baby" or "The Baby somethingorother," too, which gives us a nice 3-4 Hall of Fame punch in the lineup now.
www.battersbox.ca /article.php?story=20050514130957956   (829 words)

  
 The Official Cincinnati Reds Franchise Thread - SimCentral.NET Forums
First, he swung a deal with the GM of the Brooklyn Robins to bring in rookie pitching prospect Tommy Thomas and veteran OF Eddie Brown in exchange for the number five pick, Babe Herman.
3B Babe Pinelli also rejoined the club with a deal worth just over 3 million dollars for 2 years.
Some critics say this major facelift will backfire in the end, with 25 million in salary going to a group of players with an average age of 32.4 years.
forums.simcentral.net /showthread.php?t=43142   (533 words)

  
 Hire Don Larsen for Motivational Speaking Engagements, Autograph Signings and Corporate Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He set down 27 Dodgers in a row, outdueling Sal Maglie and winning 2-0 for the first no-hitter in Series history.
The last batter Larsen faced was Dale Mitchell, who was declared out by umpire Babe Pinelli on a called third strike.
Mitchell and others, including Mickey Mantle in centerfield, thought the ball a bit outside, but mayhem had erupted and catcher Yogi Berra had jumped into Larsen's arms before Mitchell could argue...
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 Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : Random Game Callback, May 14, 1925
In the second inning, second baseman Hughie Critz singled, moved up on a Babe Pinelli sacrifice and came home on an Edd Roush single.
The Giants tied the game in the third when centerfielder Billy Southworth walked, stole second, and then scored on a double by Ross Youngs that Roush thought he had caught.
The Reds made it 4-1 in the ninth after Rube Bressler doubled and eventually came around on a single by Jimmy Caveney.
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 Babe Guitar Tabs and Chords
The term Babe might refer to: Look up babe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Babe: eurodance music artist the 1995 film, Babe (film), to the sequel Babe: Pig in the City, or to their title character.
a number of other early 1900s athletes, both before and after Babe Ruth, including these among many others: Babe Adams (baseball) Babe Herman (baseball) Babe Pinelli (baseball) Babe Pratt (ice hockey) Babe Dye (ice hockey) Babe Didrikson, an American multi-sport female athlete.
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 Melisa Vanetten » 2006 » October » 16   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
1964 Babe Parilli of the Boston Patriots passes for 422 yards and four touchdowns in a 43-43 tie with the Oakland Raiders.
Colby told Babe she would clear Josh, who was arrested on a statutory-rape charge, if Babe revealed
Washington Post - Babe Ruth, a name never to be taken lightly, had seven career postseason home runs against the Cardinals, a mark that was equaled by Beltran with his subsequent home run in the seventh inning.
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 Babe Pinelli Baseball Statistics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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Position: 3B Full Name: Ralph Arthur Pinelli Born: October 18, 1895 San Francisco,California Died:
Babe Pinelli Auctions - Jerseys, Cards and collectibles.
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