On this episode of Our American Stories, long before he helped fill stadiums, George Herman Ruth was a restless boy growing up near the Baltimore waterfront. His father ran a saloon, his mother rarely had time to spare, and discipline came from the brothers at St. Mary's Industrial School. There, he met Brother Matthias, who taught him baseball and provided the structure he needed to find his purpose.

His baseball talent carried him from the Red Sox to the Yankees, where his swing reshaped the game and turned him into a national symbol.

Mike Gibbons, director of the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum, shares the real story about the boy who became the Babe.

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