Babe Ruth Says Goodbye to Baseball

"The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball," said Babe Ruth in his poignant farewell speech at Yankee Stadium.

On April 27, 1947, the baseball giant George Herman Ruth Jr., widely-known as Babe Ruth and a legend of American baseball, spoke to an overwhelming crowd of 60,000 at Yankee Stadium.

He addressed the attending American Legion Youth baseball players, speaking to the American boys that look up to him and encouraging their dreams, "You know this baseball game of ours comes up from the youth. That means the boys."

"You've got to start from way down the bottom when your six or seven years of age. You can't wait until your fifteen or sixteen. You've got to let it grow up with you. And if your successful, and you try hard enough, you're bound to come up on top."