data-mm-id=”_nsoh8n5kn”>On April 16, 1935 Babe Ruth returned to Boston as a member of the Braves and began his final season of professional baseball. He did so with a bang, hammering a two-run home run, knocking an RBI single and scoring a run. That was one of the few highlights of his last season as a player in Major League Baseball. Ruth had spent the preceding 15 years shattering records as a member of the New York Yankees, but at the age of 40, his prime was long past. Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert looked for a way out following the 1934 season and offered Ruth to a number of teams under the guise of fostering the player's desire to become a manager. The Philadelphia Athletics entertained a potential deal but it fell apart when owner Connie Mack balked at having to deal with Rut…