Editor's note: This is part of CBC Sports' series of stories celebrating some of Canada's top sports heroes and moments as the country marks its 150th birthday this year. We've also revisited the lives of baseball hall of famer Ferguson Jenkins, speed skater Gaetan Boucher, skier Nancy Greene, figure skater Barbara Ann Scott, distance runner Tom Longboat, Kentucky Derby winner Northern Dancer, sprinter Harry Jerome, auto racing's Villeneuve family and looked back at the Richard Riot.

Find all of CBC Sports' Canada 150 stories here.

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Among the many mind-bending provisions in the North American Free Trade Agreement is the concept of "country of origin.” The ingredients might come from worlds away, but if we assemble the finished product here, there’s wiggle room to call it Canadian.

If NAFTA applied to sports — and maybe it should — then you could make a convincing case that the greatest baseball player of all time was Canadian.

Sure, Babe Ruth was born in Baltimore, and he played his most famous years for the New York Yankees. But who taught him how to play baseball? Who was the biggest influence in his life? Where did he hit his first professional home run? Where did he crush what's believed to be his longest homer?

Lawyer up, America. Under our (admittedly loose) interpretation of NAFTA rules, Babe Ruth is a hoser, through and through.