The term 'The Bambino' is a nickname for the legendary baseball player BABE RUTH. His given name was George Herman RUTH, Jr., but he was commonly known as 'BABE' RUTH. He was born in 1895 and played for the Boston Red Sox from 1914 to 1919, and then for the New York Yankees from 1920 to 1934. The term 'The Bambino' is a combination of his nickname 'BABE' and the Italian word for 'BABY, ' bambino. The crossword solutions for this term are RUTH (4 letters) and BABERUTH (8 letters).