 This move raised some eyebrows, but Stengel had just led the Oakland Oaks to the Pacific Coast League pennant in 1948, demonstrating that with good talent, he had a good chance to succeed.The Yankees were about to begin the most dominating stretch of their long dynasty.On July 26, 1948, Babe Ruth attended the premiere of the film "The Babe Ruth Story", a biopic about his life.