February 6 1895, a normal date to some but to those that know, its historical. It was a day a hero was born. George Herman "Babe" Ruth, born in the house of his maternal grandfather at 216 Emory street in Baltimore. It was there that Babe was raised in to this world. Babe Ruth has lived a life that we would all love to live. He has gone from the lowest point in life to the highest, he did it all himself, without help from many. To this day the Babe is still a very well respected person and is the biggest part of baseball history. Babe was baseball, who am I trying to kid. Babe taught all of America what baseball truly is and how you are supposed to play it. Because, Babe ruth was born for one reason and one reason only, to play baseball.
             Growing up in Baltimore he was always moving around with his family saloon. He did not have a happy childhood. He had seven other brothers and sisters, but only one, a sister named Mamie, survived beyond childhood. Babe.'s father worked as a bartender for many years until he was able to open his own shop. His mother also worked at the family tavern. The long hours and frustrating work, however, took its toll. The Ruth's did not spend much time with their children, thus little George had fend for himself on the streets of Baltimore.
             After a while, George's father realized he could no longer take care of him so his father brought him to the St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys and signed over custody of Babe to the Xaverian Brothers, Jesuit missionaries who over saw the day-to-day running of the school. St. Mary's served a dual purpose as a reformatory and an orphanage, which looked more like a jail that a school. In attendance at the school were 800 boys who were separated into 4 dorms of 200 boys each. "George, Jr. was not a saint at the age of seven when he arrived at the school having been involved in many mischievous altercations."(Babe Ruth Museum) Often times Rut
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