Read Mike Dawson's A Legend At The Lake: On Windermere Avenue, where the CVS and post office now stand, there was a long expanse of open pasture. There, the boys would play sandlot games. One afternoon, Babe Ruth walked across the road and stepped onto the field.
"He just came over and started tossing the ball around," said Hart, now 74. "He was older and big, but he had that power in him, you could see it."
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