“Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. You know how bad my voice sounds. Well, it feels just as bad.”

— Babe Ruth

Farewell Address (1947)
Context: Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. You know how bad my voice sounds. Well, it feels just as bad. You know this baseball game of ours comes up from the youth. That means the boys. And after you've been a boy, and grow up to know how to play ball, then you come to the boys you see representing themselves today in our national pastime.

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American baseball player 1895–1948

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