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August 29, 1925. St. Louis Union Station, Platform 7. Babe Ruth had just received a $5,000 fine and indefinite suspension from manager Miller Huggins - the largest punishment in baseball history. Ruth was furious. He found Huggins alone on the train platform. Huggins: 5'6", 140 pounds. Ruth: 6'2", 240 pounds. Ruth grabbed Huggins by the collar, lifted him off the ground, and walked backward toward the platform edge. Train rails 5 feet below. "One more word about this suspension and I drop you," Ruth growled. Huggins looked down at the rails, then back at Ruth's face. And smiled. He spoke five words: "Then do it, Babe. Drop me." Ruth froze. He expected fear, expected begging. Instead, Huggins called his bluff. Ruth realized he couldn't do it, couldn't drop his manager, couldn't throw away his career. He set Huggins down gently. Three days later, Ruth apologized. The suspension taught him discipline he'd never learned. In 1926, Ruth hit .372 with 47 home runs and the Yankees won the pennant. This is the story of how five words saved a legend.