Beginning of career BABE RUTH 100 YEARS

Ruth's first train ride was with the Baltimore Orioles, to Fayetteville, N.C., for his first spring training. His teammates called him "Dunnie's Babe." Sportswriters shortened it to Babe. He homered in his first pickup game as a professional and was so impressive as a rookie that he attracted the attention of the Boston Red Sox, who bought him from the minor-league Orioles and put Ruth in the major leagues in July 1914, less than six months after his departure from St. Mary's.