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Merry Christmas From Baseball History Comes Alive!

I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all our loyal readers a very Merry Christmas. And to all our Jewish friends, I hope they’ve had a very Happy Hanukkah season.

I’m very proud that Baseball History Comes Alive has surpassed the one million hits mark this year and is closing in on one thousand subscribers. Of course, I’m very grateful for the support given to us by our loyal readers. We’re humbled by the positive feedback we’ve always receive. That just seems to make our efforts worthwhile.

This is also a good time to extend a special word of thanks to our great contributors who have added so much to the quality of the website this year, especially Bill Schaefer, Michael Keedy, Mark Kolier, and Vince Janoski.

It may be the middle of winter on this Christmas day, 2023, but baseball is still on our minds. (By the way, it’s only 52 more days until we hear the magic words, “Pitchers and catchers report!”). So to inject a little baseball “cheer” into our celebrations today, be sure to check out the nice holiday season photo gallery I put together that I’m calling “Baseball and Christmas Through the Years”

You Can Always Count on the Babe!

What could be a more fitting way for all of us who love baseball history and old baseball photos to celebrate the Christmas season than with this beautiful Babe Ruth family Christmas card? (And wouldn’t you have liked to be on the Ruth family Christmas card mailing list?).  Whenever I need to find something baseball history-related for a special occasion, the Babe always seems to come through!

And how about this photo of the Babe playing Santa Claus below? I’ve seen the actual footage of the event where Babe played Santa for 50 polio victims at the Astor Hotel in New York. I’m not sure how the kids reacted to seeing Babe’s beard falling off, though. From the look on the little girl’s face in the photo, she apparently wasn’t sure what to make of it. Oh well, that’s the Babe!

We all know of the Babe’s fondness for children. It’s a big reason why he became such a beloved figure in American history. All these years later, we still cherish memories like this one that he left us. There’ll never be another Babe!

Merry Christmas to all from Baseball History Comes Alive. Hope you all enjoy the day with your families!

Gary Livacari 

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