History of the New York Yankees more impressive facility than anything yet built to house a baseball team." At Yankee Stadium's inaugural game on April 18, 1923, Ruth hit the first home run in the stadium, which sportswriter Fred Lieb named "the House That Ruth Built" as the Yankees would not have needed such a large stadium without the Ruth-driven attendance. Ruth himself had a resurgence after receiving vocal criticism for his 1922 World Series performance. He shared the MLB lead with Cy Williams by hitting 41 home runs in the 1923 season, and had a career-best .393 batting average; his performance earned him the AL
The House That Built Me was ranked No. 1 on Engine 145's "Best Country Songs of 2009". The song received nominations in three categories (Single of the Year, Song of the Year, and Music Video of the Year) at the 2010 CMA Awards. "The House That Built Me" debuted at number 51 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart for the week of March 6, 2010. It also debuted at number 98 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 chart for the week of April 10, 2010 and at number 91 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart for the week of May 1, 2010; overall,