the guy next to him is jack dunn, the owner of the baltimore orioles.him, dunn had to become george's legal guardian. >> they go to spring training and the baltimore sun starts referring to george ruth as "jack dunn's baby," and by may of that year, it had been shortened to "babe ruth." >> soon, fans could tune into radio broadcasts of the babe pitching for the boston red sox. but he was even more valuable as a slugger. he moved on to the championship yankees and stardom. but he always made time for his fans, especially young ones. >> there are many stories about the babe coming home from yankee stadium after a game, and he would stop the car if he saw a game of ball going on, and get out and play with the kids because he just was like that. >> babe ruth had a heart as big as yankee stadium. mike told me the story of babe's promise to a kid dying of a rare disease. it was a promise that seems to have helped save the young fan's life. >> over here, you see a bunch of baseballs all signed by babe ruth, but the one second-in from the left is the ball that

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are angela and buck showalter who have been bond the wonderful for kids peace as well as the baltimore orioles and they've opened literally their home to us. we are here today. registration has begun. it goes until 8:00 and our race begins at 8 a.m. >> okay. all right. >> and gina, tell us, you said people -- you talked about the time. how can people get involved and do they just come down and sign up? come on down, absolutely. we have a 5k of course, and also have a 1 mile walk. if you're nearby, pop on over. you can register on spot here, actually behind the camera and join, and then after our race we're going to be inside the stadium because all the folks are finishing on the field, and we're having a post party after that of trick or treating, face painting, food, fun for the whole family truly. >> all right. trick or trot and work off all that candy calorie right? >> yes, and join the show walt walters, they're happy to greet everyone. >> is there a web site for folks if they want to donate after the event. >> if they would visit kidspeace.org they could donate and find out more informati

the baltimore orioles got three. congrats to all of them. that will do it for your morning sports.t. have a great thursday. >>> later this hour, we'll tell you about the local team that's closing in on a perfect season. >> plus, we also have an update on that virginia election race that is still too close to call. monika? >>> if you're planning to head south on i-270 just heading out the door, 109 to 121 right now looks great. there are no problems through germantown. the lanes are open all the way down south on 270. there's one crash in temple hills st. barnabas road at dallas drive. we'll be back with more news, weather >>> good morning. women come back to wusa9 on this thursday morning. i'm andrea roane. as you saw there, it is a yellow alert day. howard will explain what that means later. >> i'm mike hydeck. thanks for joining us. it's balmy now but change is coming. the rain will not be during the rush hour. it will hold off till mid- to late morning. by mid afternoon it should be gone so your lunch hour on the other hand and if you work outside the middle of the day, you're g