It was 1919, an epoch-making year in baseball history in both Vermont and the nation.

Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Red Sox, set a record for home runs in addition to winning nine games on the mound. The season culminated in the “Black Sox” scandal as professional gambler Arnold Rothstein paid members of the Chicago White Sox to take a dive in the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. And then, at the height of Series excitement, the Red Sox came to Rutland, Vermont, to play an exhibition game against the local team. It was a memorable game in which the Babe hit a double and a homer. One Vermont newspaper scribe, as yet unaware of the travesty in Chicago, was very satisfied.

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