99 years ago today (7/11/14)....Babe Ruth's debut....show your Ruth stuff

[glchen]

Pete, Ben, those are awesome Ruth items!

[triwak]

Babe and Max

[the 'stache]

Simply incredible, Ben! Wow!!!

Subscribing to this thread, and bookmarking it on my browser. What an incredible showcase of the game's greatest player.

[brian1961]

I stand and applaud--The Babe, another of "whom so proudly we hail!"

Thanks ever so much for taking the time and effort to upload and share with us.

--Brian Powell

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Simply incredible, Ben! Wow!!!

Subscribing to this thread, and bookmarking it on my browser. What an incredible showcase of the game's greatest player.

Thank you Bill and Gary. Here are a couple more in my collection:

1932 WS

RUTH BATS

1927

GEHRIG DAY

FIRST CLASS

1927 RUTH

1927 RUTH IN OUTFIELD

RUTH AND GEHRIG

RUTH OVER GEHRIG

RUTH'S LAST DAYS

THE DAY THE BAMBINO'S MUSIC DIED IN YANKEE STADIUM


SANTA BABE


A COUPLE KREINDLER ORIGINALS




NOT PHOTO BUT STILL PRETTY COOL DOUBLE SIGNED CK FROM CHRISTY WALSH 1928 YEAR


1918 WS GAME 1-RUTH PITCHING TYPE 1. THE CURSE BEGINS!
1915 ROOKIE TYPE 3 PRINTED IN 1915

[ScottFandango]

wonderful Photos fellas!

i forgot how thin Ruth was with the Sox...think they had John Goodman a little too plumbed up for that role...

[67_Palmer]

I thought I've seen every picture of the Babe before clicking on this thread. Awesome stuff!

[billyb]

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Babe sure like to play the first ups game. 1st one with Cobb, 2nd one with kids who were on his Radio show.

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by ScottFandango

i forgot how thin Ruth was with the Sox...think they had John Goodman a little too plumbed up for that role...

Agreed, on both counts, Scott.

Originally Posted by 67_Palmer

I thought I've seen every picture of the Babe before clicking on this thread. Awesome stuff!

I've seen a lot of Ruth photos over the years, but this thread is showing me there's clearly a lot more I have not seen. And that brings a smile to my face, though I don't know which photos I like more: the baseball shots, or the candid shots of the Bambino as Santa, or with a bunch of kids.

The picture of the Babe standing over Lou Gehrig's open casket is one of the most powerful images I've ever seen. As I moved through Ben's second group of photos/checks, it caught me completely off guard.

[MattyC]

I think Ruth and Gehrig-- their entwined legacies, the shadows both left over the game-- are as big as it gets in baseball. And that is setting aside their gaudy numbers.

Even with the run we have seen on Ruth's key cards in recent years, I believe he (and Gehrig especially) have room to grow and deserve to grow in value.

The shroud over so many current greats only raises past heroes to a higher level. To think how their names endure to fans after all these decades. The perfect storm of lovable personas, a huge stage, immense on-field ability, and those special historical moments like the called shot (accuracy of account there aside) and July 4th speech.