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 Berry Built changed attitudes and customs of post-war France. He moved permanently to Umtali, Southern Rhodesia, (now Mutare, Zimbabwe), where he built a small and economic colonial- style bungalow called "Sacradown", also on a hillside location. He did not use a house name on his writing paper as he did with Cockade, preferring the simple address of Oak Avenue, Umtali, Southern Rhodesia. (IKD) While not representing a crucial stage in the author's work, "The House That Berry Built", through its abundance of anecdotal details, brings a personal perspective to the relationship the English maintained with France during the inter-war period. Notable are