History hits home: 3rd annual Babe Ruth Sultan of Swat Home Run Derby honors Kirby Park legend

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Oct. 10—WILKES-BARRE — A crowd came out Saturday to honor the legend of Babe Ruth's mammoth home run of 1926, and they learned a lot more about the man behind the pinstripes and powerful swing. The legend goes that on Oct. 12, 1926, George Herman "Babe" Ruth — the immortal "Sultan of Swat" — hit the longest home run ever recorded out of Artillery Park and into the adjacent Kirby Park. The ...