keywords: clout ruth bat bambino homer
text: Babe Ruth Bat Still Has Clout, Sells for \$1.26 Million  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Curse of the Bambino may have  ended this year but Babe Ruth proved to have plenty of clout at  the auction table as the bat he used to hit the first homer at  Yankee Stadium sold for \$1.265 million on Thursday.