Later Years BABE RUTH 100 YEARS

After his playing days ended, Ruth was bitter that no team sought him as a manager. The Dodgers hired him as a coach in June 1938, but he didn't become manager and left baseball after the season. He appeared in exhibitions and at charity events, but after cancer was diagnosed in 1947, he lost 80 pounds and looked frail. His last two memorable appearances at Yankee Stadium were on Babe Ruth Day in 1947 and 1948 when his No. 3 was retired shortly before his death.