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SUDBURY, Mass. Kendall Wright Womens Jersey . - The suburban Boston home where Babe Ruth lived after he had been sent to the New York Yankees is for sale, and the asking price is more than Ruth made in his entire playing career. The estate known as Home Plate Farm in Sudbury, Mass., is on the market for $1.65 million. Ruth, who for decades held the major league career home run record with 714, lived in the home from 1922 to 1926, according to broker Scott Adamson, of Coldwell Banker Residential brokerage. "This is a great old antique house," Adamson said Monday, estimating the home dates to about 1800. "Its got a ton of modern features, but I think Babe Ruth would still recognize it even today because it retains many of the original features." Ruth played for the Red Sox from 1914 to 1919, for the Yankees from 1920 to 1934 and for the Braves in 1935. In his 22-year career, he earned less than $911,000 total, according to baseball-reference.com. The former home run king is still a major draw among collectors and baseball buffs: An Iowa familys collection of baseballs signed by Ruth just before he died recently sold at auction for more than $200,000. The 5,000-square-foot, five-bedroom, 3 1/2-bathroom home on a two-acre plot has undergone extensive renovations since the 1920s, including "a chefs dream kitchen, richly detailed family room, a sunny master suite with vaulted ceilings" and more, the listing says. But some of Ruths personal touches remain. One room even has burn marks on the floor where Ruth is said to have flicked his cigar ashes, Adamson said. The property also includes a 5,000-square-foot barn with stables, office space, garage bays and a one-bedroom apartment with a full kitchen and bathroom. The home is not far from Willis Pond, where the remains of a piano that reportedly once belonged to Ruth is thought to be submerged. Legend has it that Ruth, who rented a hunting cabin on the pond, pushed an upright piano onto the ice one winter during a party, then left it there until the ice melted and piano plunged into the water. "This is truly a one-of-kind opportunity to own a piece of history," Adamson said. The current owners have lived in the home about 20 miles west of Boston for nearly 30 years and are "moving on," Adamson said. The only drawback may be the occasional baseball fan who stops by to take a look, said Aglaia Pikounis, a spokeswoman for Coldwell Bankers parent company. On Friday, eight balls signed by Ruth during a 1948 trip to a Ford dealership in Spencer, Iowa, sold for just over $216,000, Heritage Auctions director Chris Ivy said. One ball in near-mint condition went for $77,000, while two others sold for just over $13,000. 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I was so happy when that horn went, Smith said. We were battling the whole game. It was a good win and its good to end a road trip like this. Both Stamkos and Martin St. Louis had seven-game point streaks end. Stamkos, who leads the NHL with 19 goals and 34 points, failed to notch a point for just the third time in 20 contests this year, while St. Louis was held off the scoresheet for just the fourth time in 2010-11. Stamkos has three goals and seven points in eight career games versus the Bruins and will try to get back on track tonight as the Lightning go for their first four-game win streak since Feb. 2-9. It is unknown who will be in net though. Smith (6-3-0) still has a 3.39 goals- against average in 11 games (nine starts) despite Saturdayys strong effort, while Dan Ellis (5-4-2) has a 2. Mike Wallace Jersey. 81 GAA in 12 games (11 starts). Smith is 2-4-0 with a 2.31 GAA lifetime versus the Bruins, while Ellis has lost his only career start against them, allowing three goals on 27 shots. Boston has had the opposite problem of Tampa Bay as it leads the league with a 1.83 GAA. That is thanks in large part to Tim Thomas, who will likely get the call tonight and is 7-4-0 with a 2.44 GAA in his career versus the Lightning. The 2009 Vezina Trophy winner leads the NHL with a 1.49 GAA and .954 save percentage, and fell to 10-1-1 this season on Saturday in a 4-3 shootout loss to Los Angeles. Thomas made 23 saves prior to the shootout and turned aside five of the six skaters he faced before getting beat stick side by the Kings Michal Handzus in the sixth round. (Handzus) did a great job of not telegraphing where he was going to shoot the puck, said Thomas. The way his body was angled and his stick was angled -- it really looked like he could only go five-hole or glove-side. He switched it up there at a far enough distance where there was still net. Blake Wheeler, Gregory Campbell and Patrice Bergeron all scored to help the Bruins erase a 3-0 deficit and earn a point despite having a three-game winning streak halted. The Bruins fell to 4-4-2 at home this year, but will play two straight and five of their next seven on the road, where they are 7-1-0 this season. The Bruins and Lightning split four meetings last year, but Boston has won seven of the last 10 played in Tampa. ' ' '