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Sixty years after “The Babe Ruth Story,” with its misguided casting of the Babe, the Yankees proved that their casting skills were worse than the studio’s.

On an evening that will never be forgotten, the Yankees’ bit players etched their name in the history of the storied Yankee Stadium, and kept the narrowest sliver of hope for a playoff spot alive.

David Mantle and Billy Martin Jr. paid homage on Sunday night to Babe Ruth and Billy Martin, two Yankee greats.

Lincoln Landis has a story to tell. It is from 76 years ago, back when he was 10 and he sat in a front-row seat for a World Series game at Wrigley Field.

In 1930, Babe Ruth approached the Yankees’ rookie manager, Bob Shawkey, with the idea of pitching the season’s final game. Ruth went on to pitch a complete game.

The notion that David Ortiz would be given the chance to imitate Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium, prompted the Yankees to modify the format of a home rum promotion.

The team plans to sit down with league officials to discuss its objection to having a player from a historic rival to imitate Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium.

The Yankees were upset when they found out about a promotion that would cast David Ortiz of the Red Sox as a modern-day Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium during the All-Star Game festivities.