Fans travel to Babe Ruth’s grave, hoping to help the Yankees come back in the World Series
Yankees fans have spent decades leaving “offerings” at Babe Ruth ’s grave — everything from baseballs, to baseball cards, to sunflower seeds, to bottles of whiskey hoping to bring the Bronx Bombers luck. Babe Ruth ’s gravesite in Westchester County remains a mecca for New York Yankee fans, who feel the Bambino has a magical aura over the franchise.
The Yankee legend, who died in 1948, has since cast a spell over the team’s fanbase, most notably with a now-defunct Curse of the Bambino that allegedly kept the hated Red Sox from baseball’s promised land for decades. Also in the mix is a mini pumpkin with “go Yankees” inscribed on it, a handful of rocks and pennies, and a full bag of David Sunflower seeds — a favored treat among ball players.The 36-year-old dad, a season ticket holder and data science tech at Northwell Health from Farmington, said he took the day off for the trip, getting his family to join by including an upstate pumpkin patch trip.
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