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Babe's Dream
Babe's Dream is a 1995 bronze statue of Babe Ruth, by Susan Luery.
It is located at West Camden Street and South Eutaw Street, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore.
The statue contains an error in that Ruth is depicted with a right-handed fielder's glove, for wear on the left hand. Ruth threw left-handed.
Statue.
Although he became famous as a Yankee, George Herman Ruth's roots are in Baltimore. where he was born
, grew up, and learned how to play baseball. "Babe's Dream" portrays Ruth as a young man, about the time he started out as a rookie, as Luery wanted to portray Babe's longing for the big leagues and to find an escape from his harsh childhood.
Ruth was born on February 6, 1895, to hardworking parents, who couldn't support a child that caused as much “mischief” as Babe. At age seven, his parents decided to “straighten him out” by sending