1933 Ruth rankings

[ullmandds]

I have owned the yellow and the green background...and I think my favorites are the yellow and red type batting pose. I have never loved the double printed number 144 ... while colorful he is kind of far away and cartoonlike .

[Leon]

In honor of this thread I have changed my avatar, at least for now .

[yanksfan09]

Aesthetically, I like 149 and 144 about even. 149 and 53 are same image but I just like the look of the red more although the yellow is the tougher card.

So for me all of those 3 are pretty even and 181 would be 4th for me. 181 is nice in itself but I like the other images more.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Leon

In honor of this thread I have changed my avatar, at least for now .

COOL! Your avatar is sporting the same cap David Wells wore that day!
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[Leon]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

COOL! Your avatar is sporting the same cap David Wells wore that day!
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The card was an easy choice since I have approx. 3 cool cards now.

[ajquigs]

I'm partial to 181. I like the way his image fills the card and for me it captures his essence perfectly.

Originally Posted by frankbmd

I thought this was the "Why is Ruth in the Hall of Fame?" thread.

I know we probably don't want to go down this road again so soon, but I want to add quickly that I think he belongs in the HOF. I acknowledge there is a pro-Yankee bias at times, and people will point to his middling stolen base percentage (51%) and low saves total (4). Still, a close look at the numbers suggests he was one of the elite hitters of his day (to avoid arguments about different eras I'm limiting "his day" to the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries) and it's always been very challenging for starting pitchers to compile big save totals. Measured by some of the more nuanced metrics (wins, earned run average) he was actually quite effective as a pitcher.