Babe & the Kid: The Legendary Story of Babe Ruth and Johnny Sylvester - Hardcoverby Charlie Poekel (Author), Julia Beth Stevens (Foreword by) On the eve of game four of the 1926 World Series, Ruth heard that a young New Jersey boy, Johnny Sylvester, was laid up with a deadly illness. Ruth autographed a ball for Johnny, inscribing it, I'll knock a homer for you in Wednesday's game Babe Ruth." The rest was history. Ruth delivered on his promise, and Johnny made a miraculous recovery. In Babe & the Kid, author Charlie Poekel traces