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The Psychology of the Home Run in 1921

When star baseball player Babe Ruth was whisked away after a game on a warm summer night in 1921, it wasn’t so he could avoid the paparazzi or crowds of fans; it wasn’t so he could mingle with the who’s who of New York at the Astoria Hotel; and it wasn’t so he could sneak into one of the city’s newly established speakeasies. It was so he could take part in a series of psychology experiments at Columbia University. Ruth was 26 at the time, in his second season with the New York Yankees, and just discovering the extent of his home run prowess. ….[READ]

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