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Fayetteville is where Babe Ruth got his name and first home run

In 1914, George Herman Ruth was a 19-year-old kid from Baltimore playing minor league baseball when he hit his first professional home run during a game in Fayetteville, where he also got the nickname Babe Ruth.

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In 1914, George Herman Ruth was a 19-year-old kid from Baltimore playing minor league baseball when he hit his first professional home run during a game in Fayetteville, where he also got the nickname Babe Ruth.

 

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