Babe Ruth in Brea, CA

[barrelroll92253]

Brea will always be nothing but preppy little homos

[TheGW411]

This stuff is very cool

[MrBrea2733]

I used to live in brea, best city ever

Now I live in gay Yucaipa =(

[landoflansdowne]

My grand dad, Elmer Williams (b: 1898), grew up in Olinda, and played ball on the same local fields Walter Johnson played on ten years earlier. On my wall I have a mid-1920s photo of my grand dad with his team the Olinda Oil Wells. His team photo includes: Isbell and Callan - both of whom played in the Johnson/Ruth exhibition game of 1924. I still wonder if Elmer was one of Johnson's team mates that day. Thx, Elmer, for the pitching lessons. AND thx, chrisepting, for this video.

JL

[Jckiess]

Cool. I live close to Brea and I did not know this had happened. That explains why there is a Babe Ruth statue near Birch and Brea Blvd. Its kind of hidden around some homes. The statue is called Home Run Kings.

[jubis5]

i live in brea to

drake

[austinkx09]

u go to country hills?

[breasaam]

OMG! My name is Brea but its pronounced (Bree-uh)

[JeffHardy8720]

Haha i live in Brea.

[breasaam]

my name is Brea O.O

[rockerduff1231]

it sucks that I have no relatives who played baseball....all my grandparents' parents' parents are immigrants from ireland and romania...although all of my dad's side of the family (irish) are yankee fans and all of my moms side (jewish romania/russians) are mets fans...kind of weird they were dodger and giant fans then they left but they hated the yankees so they followed the mets and im a mets fan and i love baseball and whoohooo!!!

[ndrocksteady]

waaaaaaaaahhh?? and i live in dbar! soo close!!... ima have to see it ....

[ndrocksteady]

waaaaaaaaahhh?? and i live in dbar! soo close!!... ima have to see it ....

[bsaul62]

I'm sorry to say that the video is incorrect as to the location of the field where the game was played. It was located just southwest(down the hill) from the corner of Brea Blvd. and Lambert. As for the "shed" (a tin bldg, used originally by an oil tool co.), it is still there on Brea Blvd. just north of the railroad tracks and is currently occupied by Ron and Wayne's Auto Repair. There is much more to the story. See DVD "Brea: Our Town and Our Times" available at Brea Museum and Heritage Ctr.

[RainJetSprinklers]

your right

[plowty]

Great video! Rube Ellis was actually my great grandfather. Can't believe I found him on You Tube!

[rmante06]

does anybody in the brea area know where exactly the shed is in that mall? next time I'm in the area (I'm in Diamond Bar), I want to stop and take a look.

[006154]

i believe the shed is located in the carbon canyon vicinty in a deserted lot-this was told to me by a fullerton oral historian

[redsun24]

awesome vid thanks!

I need to get that book!

[lillipad93]

it isn't acutally by the mall its the street over from birtch street. It is right next 2 the two movie theaters. The movie theaters are across the street fron am old navy.

[Lava1964]

Interesting. Players used to "barnstorm" (Play games in small communities) after the season to earn a few extra bucks.

[TRAUMA2]

i was born there

[nighttrain1067]

That looks like the strip-mall NW of Brea Blvd and Imperial Hwy. I never knew this....WOW!

[jasonstheory]

That's sad that they tore down the baseball field...

[batemanxxxb]

fantastic bit of America's favourite past-time!

[michellefarry]

I work were this was

[robgt52]

that video was cool...

[clucaspik]

Babe was in his prime in '24, but it's still hard to conceive of a 600-foot tape measure job. The Bambino must have come out of his shoes on that one. "Make it a double!"

[ersatz111]

damn that must have felt awesome being there walter johnson babe ruth and other stars of the era man alive...1924 too not like some old timers game...amazing video

[jezroller3]

Jimmy Austin, like me, is from Swansea, Wales

[darkangel12691]

I live in BREA!!Thats soo weird.

[jabad513]

Wow. That is really interesting stuff. I live near there and I had no idea the Babe was there years before.

[metsfan421]

Interesting video..

[ediann]

Interesting video of two legendary ball players. It is amazing how loved and respected these ball players were and still are and how really superior they were. It is a nice piece of baseball history. There are so many baseball moments that took place on fields that are no longer around. It's nice to have a little piece of that history.