Posted By:
Dan McCarthyI am almost 85% uncertain that it isn't not Ruth, but I'd like to pose some alternate theories as well.
1) It is Chief Bender and is sold by the714gallery.
2) It is Marshall Barkman's grandpappy, bringing extreme baseball and punk classical music to the Generation C crowd
3) It is a 11 year old middle class child positioning the bat in a surreptitiously lewd manner, causing his comrades to giggle wildly as their mother snaps a photo.
However, the Ruth theory is very plausible. His mom stopped visiting him -- his mom is not in the picture. Wood fences were very uncommon during this time period and it IS mentioned in his bio. Since wood was a scarce resource most fences of this era were made out of vinyl or composite plastics. Finally, there are some trees in the area and Babe Ruth mentioned a tree at some point in his life. If all of this is mere coincidence, then my name ain't Peter (which, luckily, it isn't).
Now... back to writing my paper on The Matrix and its connection to various schools of philosophy...