They locked him up at age 7. He walked out 12 years later and changed baseball f…
They locked him up at age 7. He walked out 12 years later and changed baseball forever. Baltimore, 1902. A small boy was dropped off at St. Mary’s Industrial School for Boys—part orphanage, part reformatory, part last chance for “incorrigible” children. His name was George Herman Ruth Jr. His parents couldn’t control him. He skipped […]








