Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, May 18, 2013
The last time the Indiana baseball team won the outright Big Ten title, Babe Ruth was calling his shot. Eighty-one years later, the Hoosiers are back on top of the Big Ten baseball world. Indiana, which clinched a share of its first title since 1949 on Friday, made it an outright crown in Saturday's 8-1 victory at Ohio State.
With the win, the Hoosiers earn the No. 1 seed in next weekend's Big Ten tournament at Target Field, home of the MLB's Minnesota Twins.
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Seeing as how it's been so long since Indiana won the Big Ten title by itself, here's a look back at America in 1932:
Average wages per year: $ 1,650
Gallon of gas: 10 cents
Average cost of new house: $6,510
Loaf of bread: 7 cents
[ RELATED: View our 2013 Big Ten Baseball Tournament page ]
Other notable events:
- Babe Ruth called his shot in Game 3 the 1932 World Series.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in presidential election.
- The parking meter was invented.
- New York Radio City Music Hall opened.
- First purple heart was awarded.
- Johnny Cash was born.
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