Babe Ruth came to Pittsburgh to play in official games twice. Once was during the 1927 World Series, and the other was in 1935, when his career was near its end with the Boston Braves.
(If there were exhibitions or barnstorming games, they're outside the scope of this article. And for the purpose of the 1927 Series, the focus here is entirely on Ruth in Pittsburgh. A piece on the World Series as a whole is a project for another time.)
Ruth's 60 home runs in 1927 cemented his place as the biggest star in the game, so he was the center of attention. As the regular season ended, with the Pirates pulling out the National League pennant on the next-to-last day, Babe said, "Well, I guess today's game settles it and we go to Pittsburgh.
"I don't see how we can lose more than one game even if the breaks go against us."
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