Filmmaker Patrick Moug will be attending the 28th annual Babe Ruth birthday bash at Nemo’s this Saturday, February 7.
Moug’s latest film, Babe Ruth Saves Detroit, is based on Tom Derry’s original Babe Ruth Birthday Party, a Detroit tradition since 1988.
Moug, who grew up in northwest Detroit, loves his hometown and loves this annual celebration of baseball’s greatest slugger. So writing and directing this film came naturally for him.
Actor Phil Hughes plays the role of Tom, a mailman who works in his spare time to restore an old baseball field for Little Leaguers in Detroit.
Lisa Pulido plays the role of Linda, a single mom who’s just relocated to Detroit from New York. Linda’s daughter plays on the baseball team coached by Tom.
Tom and Linda seem to have one thing in common: a love for our national pastime. But they soon find out that they also share a unique appreciation for the Sultan of Swat.
Moug, who recently retired as a detective sergeant with the Livonia Police Department, has always had a passion for writing, acting, and directing. Last summer, he started shooting scenes on the ballfield where Tiger Stadium once stood and has been filming in Corktown throughout the winter.
So come on out to Nemo’s Saturday night, raise a glass to the Bambino, and meet Pat Moug and the cast of Babe Ruth Saves Detroit.
Tom Derry’s 28th annual Babe Ruth Birthday Party takes place at Nemo’s Bar & Grill Saturday, February 7, at 7:14 p.m. Nemo’s is located in Detroit at 1384 Michigan Avenue, just a block east of the old Tiger Stadium site.
Renowned author Ethan “Mighty” Casey will be traveling to Detroit for the 28th Annual Babe Ruth Birthday Party at Nemo’s Bar in Corktown this Saturday, February 7, 2015.
For more than a quarter century, baseball historian Tom Derry has been celebrating Babe Ruth’s birthday in inimitable fashion — and this year will be no different. Derry’s 28th annual Babe Ruth Birthday Party takes place Saturday, February 7, 2015, at Nemo’s Bar & Grill in Detroit’s Corktown, just a block east of the old Tiger Stadium site, where Ruth famously swatted his 700th career home run.
Since 1988, Derry has hosted the original Babe Ruth birthday bash at venues all over metro Detroit, including his own house. Every year, baseball fans from all over the country flock to this unique event, including members of the great Bambino’s family. This year, we’ll be joined once again by Ruth’s great-grandson, Brent Stevens.
Derry and Nemo’s will once again provide partygoers with a Ruthian-sized serving of free hot dogs, Cracker Jack, peanuts, and, of course, Baby Ruth Candy bars.
Plus a big birthday cake for the Babe.
Everyone gets a free Babe Ruth mask and a commemorative party button.
It’s the ultimate hot-stove league party!
On the night of the party, the world’s largest collection of Babe Ruth memorabilia will be on display. From floor to ceiling, every inch of Nemo’s will be covered with pictures, posters, and quotes about the Bambino. A thousand balloons will line the ceiling, music will fill the air, and the beer will flow all night. This is the way the Babe would want to be remembered!
Ruth, who made his major-league debut 101 years ago at the tender age of 19, had a genuine affinity for the Motor City. He had many good friends in Detroit, including Tigers slugger Harry Heilmann:
The Babe loved our area and traveled all over southeast Michigan. And, of course, many of his most famous feats on the field happened at Tiger Stadium (then known as Navin Field).
As a member of the Boston Red Sox, Ruth pitched against Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford. And after being sold to the Yankees, the Babe hit some of the longest home runs ever (including number 700), right here at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull.
So mark your calendars for Saturday, FebRUTHary 7 and come on down to Corktown to celebrate the Babe’s birthday in style.
Nemo’s is located in Detroit at 1384 Michigan Avenue, just a block east of the old Tiger Stadium site.
Babe Ruth Birthday Party founder Tom Derry does more than just celebrate the birth of the Babe. In 2010, Derry founded the Navin Field Grounds Crew, a grass-roots volunteer group that maintains the site of old Tiger Stadium in Detroit. After the ballpark was demolished in 2009, 6-foot-tall weeds and acres of garbage overtook the site. Under Derry’s direction, the Navin Field Grounds Crew has painstakingly restored the field, cutting the grass and weeds, picking up garbage, and making it suitable for baseball again.
Documentary filmmaker Jason Roche has even made a movie about their efforts. Today, tourists from all over the world come and play ball on the same field where Ruth and Cobb and all the greats once roamed.
Last summer, Derry and his wife, Sarah, tied the knot at home plate.
They took their wedding vows on the same spot where the Babe’s legend began more than a century ago.
Author Ethan Casey wrote a piece on Tom Derry’s Babe Ruth Birthday Party for The Huffington Post:
Tom Derry’s 27th annual Babe Ruth Birthday Party will be held at Nemo’s starting at 7:14 p.m. on Saturday, February 1. I hear there’s going to be some big football game the next day, but there’s no better time than early February, with spring training around the corner, to celebrate baseball. But why hold a birthday party for Babe Ruth, of all people, in Detroit? Why not? The answer is profoundly obvious. For one thing, Ruth spent a lot of time eating, drinking and performing baseballic heroics in Detroit. To Tom, the connection between Ruth and Detroit is so profoundly obvious that he and his fiancee are planning their wedding around it.
To read the full article check out Ethan’s prose here
For more than a quarter century, baseball historian Tom Derry has been celebrating Babe Ruth’s birthday in inimitable fashion — and this year will be no different. Derry’s 27th annual Babe Ruth Birthday Party takes place Saturday, Feb. 1, at Nemo’s Bar & Grill in Detroit’s Corktown, just a block east of the old Tiger Stadium site, where Ruth famously swatted his 700th career home run.
Since 1988, Derry has hosted the original Babe Ruth birthday bash at venues all over metro Detroit, including his own house. Every year, baseball fans from all over the country flock to this unique event, including members of the great Bambino’s family. This year, Derry and Nemo’s will once again provide partygoers with a Ruthian-sized serving of free hot dogs, Cracker Jack, peanuts, and, of course, Baby Ruth Candy bars. Plus a big birthday cake for the Babe.
Everyone gets a free Babe Ruth mask and a commemorative party button.
It’s the ultimate hot-stove league party!
On the night of the party, the world’s largest collection of Babe Ruth memorabilia will be on display. From floor to ceiling, every inch of Nemo’s will be covered with pictures, posters, and quotes about the Bambino. A thousand balloons will line the ceiling, music will fill the air, and the beer will flow all night. This is the way the Babe would want to be remembered!
Ruth, who made his major-league debut 100 years ago at the tender age of 19, had a real affinity for the Motor City. He had many good friends in Detroit, including Tigers slugger Harry Heilmann. The Babe loved our area and traveled all over southeast Michigan. And, of course, many of his most famous feats on the field happened at Tiger Stadium (then known as Navin Field).
As a member of the Boston Red Sox, Ruth pitched against Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford. And after being sold to the Yankees, the Babe hit some of the longest home runs ever, right here at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull.
So mark your calendars for FebRUTHary 1st and come on down to Corktown to celebrate the Babe’s birthday in style.
Nemo’s is located in Detroit at 1384 Michigan Avenue, just a block east of the old Tiger Stadium site.