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On This Date in Sports August 17, 1948: Good Bye Babe

Babe Ruth lies in state at Yankee Stadium. The slugger who helped turn the New York Yankees into the most famous team in baseball while setting new home run records died on August 16th at 53 after a long battle with cancer. Over two days, over 100,000 fans would file past Babe’s open casket to say g

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On This Date in Sports August 17, 1948: Good Bye Babe

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