Babe Ruth was released by the New York Yankees at the end of the 1934 season. He still wanted to get hired as a manager so he signed with the Boston Braves. His job titles were vice president, assistant manager, and left fielder. Ruth hoped that he would be named manager if the Braves skipper Bill McKechnie left. May 30th 1935 the Braves had a doubleheader with the Phillies. Ruth was penciled in as the starting left fielder. In the first inning he grounded out to Dolph Camilli at first. It would be the last time Babe would stand in the batters box as a major leaguer and nobody knew at the time. Ruth walked through the center field fence to the clubhouse after the third out of an inning and as he slowly trotted off the field the 18,000 fans gave him one last standing ovation. After he returned from the road trip back to Boston he was fired by the owner of the Braves. Ruth and his wife Claire packed their car and drove back to New York. Claire said later that Ruth cried during the drive back to their home. On June 4, 1935, Ruth called a press conference and told reporters that he was finished with the Boston Braves. He vented his anger at the owner, saying “[h]e would double-cross a hot cross bun.”

The baseball world had lost a legend.

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