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In 1927, Babe Ruth, the famous home run hitter, began to cut a notch into his bat each time he hit a home run. He went on to hit a record 60 home runs that season. He said he cut the notches as a "kid" or "joke", but as the season went on and the notches grew in number, it became more special.

Some of the other players began to show a kind of reverence for the sluggers' notched bat. Instead of...