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While I was writing the last entry, Barry Bonds smashed a 3-1 pitch to the upper deck in Philadelphia.

In idiot news, anti-Bonds fans had a sign "Ruth did it on Beer and Hot Dogs."

Newsflash, kids. Bab Ruth played in the Majors from 1915 to 1935. Prohibition, the banning of alcohol mandated by the XVIIIth Amendment, was in force from 1919 to 1933. Which means that during Ruth's moist productive years beer was an illegal substance.

So Ruth's records should be stricken from the books and he should be pulled from the Hall of Fame. At least if the Phillies Phans are right...

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Alcohol affects the mood of the person taking it. Perhaps drinking helped the Babe deal with the stress of being a big leaguer, allowing him to play longer?

Anyway, it was illegal. That's the point.