Show Any & All Things of the Bambino!

[thekingofclout]

A Sympathy Letter to Mrs. Ruth from the Babe's dear friend James A. Farley (Also known in politics as the 'Kingmaker'). Farley was heading up Coca-Cola's Division in Europe at the time Ruth died. His comments were absolutely spot-on and still ring true to this day.

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[SHOELESSJOE3]

The Bam is everywhere. A corn field maze seen from the air and yes, even a tortilla chip, a pic of the very young Babe.One of the Babe's dad, as many may already know, killed in a street fight in front of his saloon.

[SHOELESSJOE3]

Babe cookie jar. Catching a ball, drop from building, NY City, July, 1922.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by SHOELESSJOE3

Babe cookie jar. Catching a ball, drop from building, NY City, July, 1922.

Yikes! Catching a ball dropped from the top of a building (or plane) with those crappy mitts that they had, back in the day, must have been HAIRY to say the least!!

One slight miscalculation and the Babe would be going, DOH!!!

[ibuysportsephemera]

One of my favorite wire photos- Babe Get the Brith Shalom National Sports Award.

[SHOELESSJOE3]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Yikes! Catching a ball dropped from the top of a building (or plane) with those crappy mitts that they had, back in the day, must have been HAIRY to say the least!!

One slight miscalculation and the Babe would be going, DOH!!!

I can tell you this from reading some articles from newspaper archives. The Yankee owners did not like to see the Bam doing anything the put him at risk for injury.
May I stray off the theme of this thead a bit and show what Babe was not to do. Some of these "I Can'ts" were actually written into his contract and he could be fined if found to be in violation. A few more in his contract, no horseback riding, no skiing, no skating and no prolonged handshaking with the public. Believe it or not the owners thought prolonged handshaking put his big paws at risk, finger injury.
He was their big money maker at the ticket gate and they wanted him on the field at all times.

[SHOELESSJOE3]

Originally Posted by SHOELESSJOE3

Babe cookie jar. Catching a ball, drop from building, NY City, July, 1922.

Some info on that ball drop and catch by Babe in August 1922.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by SHOELESSJOE3

Some info on that ball drop and catch by Babe in August 1922.

Awesome posts there ShoelessJoe3!! Thanks for sharing those with us.

BTW, it doesn't appear that The Babe followed hardly any of these don'ts in his contract Yankls contract. Maybe he was confused and thought the contract read DO!! LOL

[SHOELESSJOE3]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Awesome posts there ShoelessJoe3!! Thanks for sharing those with us.

BTW, it doesn't appear that The Babe followed hardly any of these don'ts in his contract Yankls contract. Maybe he was confused and thought the contract read DO!! LOL

Probably not Scott, Babe was never one to follow the rules, his contract terms in this case.

Don't recall who it was that summed up the Babe, one of his Red Sox teammates I think......."He does everything wrong off the field and everything right on the field."

[SHOELESSJOE3]

New York Times} The most exciting thing in baseball today, Babe Ruth hitting a home run. The second most exciting thing in the game, Babe Ruth striking out.

[Ladder7]

1925, Artie's Gym on Madison Ave


1927, Working it with Artie in Hollywoodland


1928, West Point with Biff Jones (fb coach)


1929, Holding out. Signing some stuff to keep food on the table. Wants $85K x 3yrs


1932, Wrigley LA. The groundskeeper could use some Gold Bond


1933, Dispatch News Serv composite

[SHOELESSJOE3]

He drove just as he lived, fast and hard. Soon he would be going from the bike to big 12 cylinder Packards and Lincolns. He was lucky, involved in 3 roll overs while speeding. I have a number of news articles, his driving violations. One where he was arrested and spent a few hours in Jail.

Upon release his unifrom was brought to the jail and he was given a police escort to get him to the Polo Grounds in time to get into the game.

Witnesses claim the police were far exceeding the NY city speed limit in order to get Babe to the Polo Grounds on time.