A starting batter Babe ruth was the opening day starter for the boston red sox in 1918 for the third straight year, and for the third time he came away with ralph lauren donna maniche lunghe polo a victory. The quartet of ruth, carl mays, dutch leonard, and joe bush was the steadiest in baseball(None ever missing his spot in the rotation)Over the season's first month, but once again the red sox were not hitting much.When ruth slugged his first homer of the season over the roof of the polo grounds on may 4(Against, who else, the yankees), it brought to light the same old question:Why not try to get his bat in the lineup every day? The babe as batterapparently harry hooper had been discussing this very topic with manager ed barrow on a regular basis.With service duties and injuries plaguing his regular lineup, the manager finally relented by lett ... Read more »