This is the worst baseball movie ever made. Maybe the worst biopic ever made. It's virtually ridiculous from start to finish. William Bendix, who plays Ruth, swings the bat left-handed as well as I can swing right-handed (I am a lefty). "The Babe" leaves the ballpark (in uniform!) and goes to the hospital with a kid because Babe's foul ball hits the kid's dog. What is a dog doing at a ballpark? I can only imagine how much Ruth would be fined by management if he pulled such a stunt. Kids also sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" as Babe is dying. How did the kids know he was dying at just that time? I understand many are of the opinion this film falls into the "so bad it's good" category, and can be (for anyone who knows something about Ruth – or doesn't know anything about Ruth) so inaccurate and absurd as to be hilarious. Fine. But IMO, Ruth was one of the icons of the 20th Century and one of the top five athletes of the century. This film is the equivalent of taking a pee on Ruth's grave.
Review of The Babe Ruth Story
