Babe Ruth played baseball.
Babe Ruth . After his retirement as a player , he was denied a managerial job in baseball , most likely due to poor behavior during parts of his playing career . The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston , Massachusetts . Major League Baseball ( MLB ) is a professional baseball organization , the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada . In baseball , the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher 's mound toward the catcher to begin each play , with the goal of retiring a batter , who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk .