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Babe Ruth, circa June 1923, on observing a young Lou Gehrig—almost two years prior to commencing his record-breaking consecutive game streak—take batting practice; as quoted in The Babe Ruth Story (1948) by Ruth (as told to Bob Considine), p. 130. In the book, Ruth notes that his statement evidently gave rise to Gehrig's now largely forgotten nickname Buster (the latter having first appeared in print on February 29th, the following year), adding that, despite having long since been eclipsed by such handles as "The Iron Horse" and even "Larrupin' Lou," Gehrig's lesser-known moniker did indeed have its heyday during the early years of his Yankee tenure. (Not surprisingly, this in turn gave rise to much Ruth/Gehrig alliteration, along the lines of "The Buster and the Babe" and "the Big Bam and the Boy Buster".)
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That kid sure can bust 'em.

— Babe Ruth on Lou Gehrig

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "That kid sure can bust 'em." in the context of "Babe Ruth, circa June 1923, on observing a young Lou Gehrig—almost two years prior to commencing his record-breaking consecutive game streak—take batting practice; as quoted in The Babe Ruth Story (1948) by Ruth (as told to Bob Considine), p. 130. In the book, Ruth notes that his statement evidently gave rise to Gehrig's now largely forgotten nickname Buster (the latter having first appeared in print on February 29th, the following year), adding that, despite having long since been eclipsed by such handles as "The Iron Horse" and even "Larrupin' Lou," Gehrig's lesser-known moniker did indeed have its heyday during the early years of his Yankee tenure. (Not surprisingly, this in turn gave rise to much Ruth/Gehrig alliteration, along the lines of "The Buster and the Babe" and "the Big Bam and the Boy Buster".)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Babe Ruth

George Herman Ruth (6 February 1895 – 16 August 1948) was an American Major League Baseball player from 1914 to 1935, named as the greatest baseball player in history in various surveys and rankings. His career record of 714 home runs stood for 39 years until surpassed by Hank Aaron with 755 home runs in 1974.