Many people have heard of the legend the great Bambino. Babe Ruth was a hero because he was a person of distinguished courage. He was admired for his brave soul and total determination for greatness, but who really was Babe Ruth? He was one of the best baseball players in our nation. Sixty-eight years after his death and he is still seen as one of America’s greatest heroes. It all began around 1902 when Babe Ruth was seven years old and sent to live in St. Mary’s Industrial School for Boys, a catholic orphanage and reformatory that became his home for the next 12 years. Ruth was especially close to a monk named Brother Matthias, who quickly became a father figure to the young boy. Ruth was introduced to various sports …show more content…
His reputation strongly hurt his chances of being a team manager later in life. Ball clubs unsure of his lifestyle did not want to take a chance on the seemingly irresponsible Ruth. In 1935 he was called back to Boston to play for the Braves, and for what he thought would be an opportunity to manage the club in the following season, but unfortunately the job never …show more content…
A hero is a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities, and I believe that Babe Ruth fits all of those criteria’s in being a hero. Babe Ruth is admired by many people for his unending courage in standing up for the love of his game. Ruth never gave up; he always kept pushing to do the best he could by breaking not only records made by people but by breaking a record of his very own. From fifty-four home runs to fifty-nine homeruns. He had outstanding achievements like being one of the first five players to be inducted into the baseball hall of fame and having the highest percentage season a season could have. Even when Babe Ruth had a downfall in his career when his reputation dropped because of women and alcohol he still had perseverance and still went after his dream no matter what people were saying about him. He was constantly influencing kids to stay away from drugs and to play baseball instead and to me that is standing up for what you believe in and having courage which is a quality many heroes have. He was always giving his all like when he had fifty-nine homeruns and four world titles over fifteen seasons that is a strong example of dedication. I think that really shows people that if you believe and are fully dedicated to something you can achieve anything. Can you imagine being sold to another team, can you imagine the humiliation you would feel? Well Ruth didn’t have to imagine it because he