{"id":1129,"date":"2006-09-12T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2006-09-12T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2006-09-12T14:34:26","modified_gmt":"2006-09-12T18:34:26","slug":"the-babe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/09\/12\/the-babe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Babe Gets a Plaque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"267\" src=\"http:\/\/cec.chebucto.org\/ClosPark\/Images\/HanPoint\/Stadium2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/torontosun.com\/News\/TorontoAndGTA\/2006\/09\/05\/1803082-sun.html\">new plaque<\/a> honouring the site of Babe Ruth&#8217;s first professional home run will be unveiled in a ceremony held at Hanlan&#8217;s Point on September 19. Toronto author Jerry Amernic, whose novel, <em>Gift of the Bambino<\/em>, is based on the 92 year-old long ball, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baberuth.com\/flash\/about\/viewheadline.php?id=3084\">has led the effort to have the event officially commemorated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The home run occurred on September 5, 1914 in the sixth inning of a minor league game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the visiting Providence Grays at Maple Leaf Park on Toronto Island. The stadium was demolished in 1937 and there are few signs of it remaining, but legend has it that a part of Toronto&#8217;s heritage sits where nobody has been able to touch it: The ball was hit out of the stadium and landed in Toronto Harbour, where it is believed to remain to this day.<\/p>\n<p>The plaque will be installed by Heritage Toronto, an underfunded arms-length organization of the City of Toronto that is responsible for the city-wide &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heritagetoronto.org\/programs\/programs2.show?eventId=355\">Plaques and Markers<\/a>&#8221; program.&#8221; The program is applicant-based, meaning that citizens are usually expected to put forth project proposals and supply funding for the full cost of the plaques, due to the &#8220;limited financial resources&#8221; of Heritage Toronto.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8212; Josh Hume <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><em>Josh Hume will be covering heritage preservation and the mayoral candidates<\/em><em> during the 2006 election for the Spacing Votes blog.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new plaque honouring the site of Babe Ruth&#8217;s first professional home run will be unveiled in a ceremony held at Hanlan&#8217;s Point on September 19. 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