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Originally Posted by Brian Campf
More info: Ruth hit home runs as a Red Sox player only twice against Johnson - the games I noted above - and in each his homers came with a man on base and were his only RBI's in those games. Therefore, if the photo does indeed show Johnson and Ruth, it would depict a home run (and a player who should have stayed at the plate to congratulate him).
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I've always read that until Ruth redefined the game that homers weren't admired as they are today. Managers in the day thought getting on base was more important then hitting homers. This may explaiun the lack of congrats at the plate?