Fact Check: Did the Yankees start wearing pinstriped uniforms to try to make Babe Ruth appear less rotund?

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AP Images on X: Babe Ruth, wearing his famed number 3 uniform, bows as he acknowledges the cheers of thousands of fans who saw the no. 3 retired permanently by the Yankees #