Is this Babe Ruth rounding the plate?

[Leon]

Just making sure I think it is what I think it is .....thanks to all who vote... And ideas as to who his teammate is would be nice also?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Baseball-New...vip=true&rt=nc




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[brianp-beme]

That is unmistakably Babe's body. And by the way, the player on left is Joe Jackson, while the catcher is no less than Addie Joss in one of the rare games he donned the 'tools of ignorance' after his death.

Brian

[sdkammeyer]

I don't think there is much question .... that's the Babe touching home. I have no clue who the team mate is .... I'm sure there is some "bum fan" out there who knows though

COOL PIC!!

[Jlighter]

Dam, that's an awesome card and yeah its the Babe. You got a great deal.

[brickyardkennedy]

Certainly Ruth. I'd guess the other Yankee is Gehrig. Not only because he followed Ruth in the batting order, but because of the guy's behind. One of Lou's nicknames was, "biscuit pants", because of his "broad back porch".

[Leon]

Originally Posted by brickyardkennedy

Certainly Ruth. I'd guess the other Yankee is Gehrig. Not only because he followed Ruth in the batting order, but because of the guy's behind. One of Lou's nicknames was, "biscuit pants", because of his "broad back porch".

I hadn't heard that bit of trivia but I did think it looked like Gehrig, from some other photos I have seen of him. It's like he is telling whomever is coming to slide...

[Prof_Plum]

Gotta be Babe.

I know it happens a lot but am still amazed at the bumping/sniping at the end of some auctions. $40 - $256 in 10sec.

[EvilKing00]

is is 100% babe ruth, as for the other guy, I dont think its gherig, as ruth and he are looking at the play continue, Prob Gherig sliding into 2ed, as looks like they are looking in the direction of 2b.

Hard to make a guess cause we dont know the exact year, but it would be the 5or 6 hitter in the line up.

Random guess - Meusel (if it was 1922)

I think this is a pic of him with babe too

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...4Q9QEwCg&dur=0

[DaveW]

Definitely Babe Ruth wearing one of the new tight fitting jerseys - always the trend setter.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Prof_Plum

Gotta be Babe.

I know it happens a lot but am still amazed at the bumping/sniping at the end of some auctions. $40 - $256 in 10sec.

I sort of thought I would get a great deal...turns out it was probably only a good deal Still happy, and even though I have a cool one from the series I am going to keep this one too...And I think this example (below) is such a great shot...I just love it and haven't seen another like it. I paid 4x of this other one on ebay but still am super happy with it, regardless of price. And here also is a 1927 NY Times of this shot too....

[Brendan]

Well, it's pretty clearly Babe rounding the plate. There's not much of an argument on that one.

The guy telling Meusel or Gehrig to slide is Tony Lazzeri. His skin color and body type is identical to Lazzeri's, as well as his height in comparison to Ruth. It's possible it's Meusel, but the guy on deck doesn't look a thing like him, so I highly doubt it.

In regards to the guy on deck being Gehrig, no way- while I see the resemblance, whoever is on deck is telling the runner coming in to slide. Since Gehrig batted after Ruth and Gehrig can't be in two places at once, Gehrig's out of the question.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Prof_Plum

... am still amazed at the bumping/sniping at the end of some auctions. $40 - $256 in 10sec.

I never bid on an auction until there are less than 10 seconds left.

The only exceptions are for items that :

a - I know I want
b - have a low starting bid
c - nobody has bid on, yet
d - I know will go for considerably more than the opening bid

If all of those criteria are met, I will open the bidding with the minimum. Kind of a place-mark bid.

Doug


PS - definitely the Babe.

[nolemmings]

I would guess Tony Lazzeri as the teammate

[CardsFan999]

Ruth scoring, Possibly Lazerri or Meusel signalling Gehrig to hit the dirt at third.

[Jeff Alcorn]

Hi Guys,

One thing to note is that on card #117 the Yankees are wearing their road uniforms from 1927-1930. On card #105, both Ruth and Cobb are wearing 1927 home uniforms, so I am not sure where or under what circumstances that picture was taken.

On card #117 the catcher's uniform could possibly be the Athletics in '28, '29' or '30, the Tigers in '30, the Senators in '27 (sock stripes look too far apart, though), or the Cardinals in the 1928 World Series. Adam makes an excellent point about Uruguay's soccer team, so my guess is that the picture is either from the 1928 World Series @ St. Louis, or a 1929 game against the Athletics @ Philadelphia since the stripes on the catcher's socks match up best with the 1928 Cardinals or the 1929 Athletics.

Hope that helps, very interesting card.

Jeff

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Jeff Alcorn

Hi Guys,

One thing to note is that on card #117 the Yankees are wearing their road uniforms from 1927-1930. On card #105, both Ruth and Cobb are wearing 1927 home uniforms, so I am not sure where or under what circumstances that picture was taken.

On card #117 the catcher's uniform could possibly be the Athletics in '28, '29' or '30, the Tigers in '30, the Senators in '27 (sock stripes look too far apart, though), or the Cardinals in the 1928 World Series. Adam makes an excellent point about Uruguay's soccer team, so my guess is that the picture is either from the 1928 World Series @ St. Louis, or a 1929 game against the Athletics @ Philadelphia since the stripes on the catcher's socks match up best with the 1928 Cardinals or the 1929 Athletics.

Hope that helps, very interesting card.

Jeff

Jeff has indeed thrust a spear through the heart of my argument.
I assumed incorrectly that the YANKEES on the front of Babe's uniform indicated a home uniform, but the home uniforms in 1927 were pinstripes without lettering on the front and the road unis said YANKEES on the front. Despite the favorable feedback, I have erred. (first time ).

Back to the book. The scores of the opening day games in 1927 and in 1928 were identical New York 8 and Philadelphia 3. However in 1928 the game was played in Philly. On that day Babe scored 3 times, but alas the play-by-play of that game is not available on retrosheet, my source for the previous supposition.

Ruth scored three times without a home run that day. He was followed in the line up by Gehrig, Meusel, Dugan and Durocher. Gehrig, Meusel & Durocher each had 2 RBIs. On deck batter would therefore likely be Meusel or Dugan. Since Dugan did not have an RBI, Dourocher is eliminated. Collins followed Durocher and would technically also be possible. There were no home runs in the game, so a runner following Ruth is possible accounting for the positioning of the on deck batter.

The catching duties for Philly that day (4/11/28) were split between Cochrane who batted once and Foxx who batted 3 times.

In the second and last game in Philly in that series, Ruth did not score.

So based on the uniform correction, which seems valid, and assuming the pictures were take early in the year of 1928, I would suggest the possibility of

April 11, 1928
Runner = Ruth
On Deck = Meusel or Dugan or Collins
Catcher = Cochrane or Foxx