✫ Babe Ruth Celebrations February 6-8, 2025 ✫

BABE RUTH CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS
FEBRUARY 6, 7 and 8
THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY

contact: azaleaassociation@yahoo.com
click here for tri-panel brochure

CELEBRATING THE HISTORIC ARRIVAL OF 
BABE RUTH IN ST. PETE 
ONE-HUNDRED YEARS AGO
IN 1925

HE'S THE MAN WHO PUT THE 
ROAR IN THE ROARING TWENTIES!


THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6
1:30 pm - Official proclamation of "Babe Ruth Day" in council chambers at City Hall, in recognition of all Babe did for and has meant to St. Pete.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 ✫ 9:00 AM ✫
MEASUREMENT OF BABE'S 611-FOOT HOME RUN
The Longest Ball Ever Hit in a Major League Game
February 7, Al Lang Stadium Parking Lot
source: https://www.baberuthcentral.com/spring-training-babe-ruth-making-baseball-history/
Pictured: the ball was hit from home plate at Waterfront Park in 1934.
That location is currently in the parking lot at Al Lang Stadium, which was built in 1947.


Yankee pitcher at Waterfront Park warming up in left field in front of the West Coast Inn
Enhanced and colorized image from 1931 newsreel

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 ✫ 12:30 PM ✫
Join the Party!
Babe Ruth Birthday Party
St. Petersburg Museum of History

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✫ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 ✫ 12 NOON ✫

BABE RUTH DAY AT THE KIDS AND KUBS

NEW LIFESIZE STATUE UNVEILED
BABE RUTH "CALLS HIS SHOT"

KIDS AND KUBS
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MAYOR WELCH'S CITY HALL STARS & CITY COUNCIL

Babe Ruth's Grandson Tom Stevens 
to throw out the first pitch and play at 12 Noon

Northshore Field


"BABE RUTH CALLS HIS SHOT"
TO BE UNVEILED AT NORTHSHORE FIELD GAME
AND WILL BE AT THE PARADE SITE ON FARRAGUT

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✫ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 ✫ 5:00 PM ✫
JUNGLE GOLF CART PARADE
FARRAGUT DRIVE, AZALEA ✫ PARTICIPANTS LINE UP AT 4:30
sponsored by The Azalea Neighborhood Association

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Parade Route

The parade begins at 5 pm on February 8, 2025 and will travel on a historic route in The Jungle, along the creek that Babe crossed hundreds of times while golfing in St. Pete every spring. Participants will line up at 4:30 at 13th Av N and Farragut Dr in the Azalea neighborhood. Parade length: 4 blocks past spectators cheering you on.

"BABE RUTH CALLS HIS SHOT"
NEW LIFESIZE STATUE OF BABE RUTH
WILL BE ON FARRAGUT DRIVE FOR THE PARADE
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✫ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 ✫ 6-8 PM ✫
Party at Jungle Prada Sacred Lands
Next door to the Gangplank speakeasy
Limited to First 80 arrivals
Free Babe Ruth Hot Dogs
Babe Ruth Family and Special Guests

STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS!

MARCH 1925: BABE RUTH ON THE JUNGLE GOLF COURSE

1925: Babe Ruth, Al Lang and Yankees manager Miller Huggins at the Jungle Country Club

At the height of his fame, during every spring for over a decade, Babe Ruth was a guest at the Jungle Country Club Hotel (now Admiral Farragut Academy) in the Azalea neighborhood and he played hundreds of rounds of golf on the Jungle course.
Links to articles about Babe Ruth: