Who knew that the Great Bambino had such neat cursive?
In a rare handwritten letter, Babe Ruth personally thanked Boston Globe baseball reporter James O’Leary — who covered the legendary slugger’s career with the Red Sox, including his famous 1919 sale to the rival New York Yankees — for voting for him on the American League MVP ballot in 1923.
Ruth, who wrote the Sept. 26, 1923, letter on his own stationary, indeed won the MVP award with a league-leading 41 home runs and a batting average of .393. The Yankees would go on to win the World Series the following month against the New York Giants.