Babe Ruth's life-size statue unveiled in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - A life-size bronze statue of the legendary New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth is unveiled Nov. 9 at the former Yagiyama ballpark where he hit his first home run during a Japan tour 68 years ago. Elementary school children unveiled the statue at the Yagiyama animal park in Sendai's Taihaku Ward to celebrate Ruth's memorable homer on Nov. 9, 1934 as a member of the major leaguers' exhibition series team, one year before his retirement.

• Product Code
• ILEA001094079

• Registered date
• 2002/11/09 00:00:00

• Credit
• Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

• Media source
• 2002 Kyodo News

• Media size
• 1864 × 1657 pixel

• Resolution
• dpi

• Deployment size
• 999.50(KB)*

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