Just a real THRILL OF A POST!! Many thanks ....... Oddly most of the "BIG MATCHUPS" of "The big train" and The "Babe" were as Pitchers ..... and BABE Owned those!! Rwo Great Men!
at 48 he still puts it out. I always wonder how a ruth, Cy young, Johnson, would fair today? Ruth looks so out of shape in his prime. WOuld he be a superstar today? Was the average major leaguer a step down from todays? I'm 45, but would love to hear from older folks that have seen many generations.
Not an old folk but I think both Ruth and Johnson would be superstars today. Walter Johnson threw hard for his era just imagine what modern day strength and condition could do for him. Babe Ruth was out of shape later in his career but younger Babe Ruth was a terrific athlete.
Not a big point, but what year was Babe Ruth born? All the sources I've seen state 1895. But I've read that he always claimed that his birth records were inaccuarte, and that he was actually born in 1894. I know it's only a year's difference. The narrator of this clip states his age as being 48 at the time.
Babe Ruth was the greatest homerun slugger of alltime he saved baseball after the 1919 Blacksox scandal up tell then Joe Jackson of the Whitesox was the greatest outfielder and natural hitter during the teen years from 1910-1919 in the American league besides Ty Cobb for the Tigers.Babe was traded to the Yankees after the1919 season in 1920 he batted .376 with and incredible 54 homeruns and 137 rbi's nobody came close to that many homeruns before that he hit over 50 hrs in 4 different years.
And yes, there WAS a war on. That's WHY there were 70000 people in Yankee Stadium. Not everybody was drafted or enlisted at once. By '44, most of the fans and most of the real players were gone. But this may have been the most important HR the Bambino ever hit. It was for something a little bigger than a World Series or HR title. Thanks, Babe! Thanks Walter!
Ruth and Hank were both phenomenal. No need to run one down at the expense of the other. Hank got those extra ABs by taking excellent care of himself. The Babe did hang in till was 40 with no DH, modern medicine, and in ballparks that were much bigger than today. Aaron hit his 715th with racial hate mail and death threats. I'm a lifelong Yank fan but I'd take Ruth or Aaron, and start a helluva team. Guess what... their birthdays are one day apart! (The Hammer Feb 5, The Babe Feb 6)
fulton county stadium was known as the launching pad with the hot,sultry weather being very conducive to hr's.NY and boston were cold and wet for much of the season and ruth was a pitcher for his first 5 years in the bigs.Once they saw his bat the coach said,"shit,we gotta get this guy some more ab's."
@SponseredByWalmart dude, we would have to rewrite every single record if it was all like that,what about hitting milestones in the dh era? would ,lets say, craig biggio be able to reach 3000 hits against the american league and guys who felt short cold maybe have get it if it wasnt for badly trained al pitcher at hitting that literally are a sure out in the nl and should we give no hitters to guys that saw their masterpiece destroyed by a guy on roids?
I'll give Aaron the credit he deserves. He is the Home Run King. But Bonds, A-Rod, McGwire, Sosa... these guys suck. Especially Bonds. His stats completely make a joke of the history of the game. Pete Rose is banned? They should ban all the steroid freaks who made a mockery of the game.
As much as I would love to defend Hank Aaron as being the best hitter ever, 755 HR's speaks volumes.. I think the Babe has him beat hands down... The Ruth had about 4000 LESS at bats than Aaron, his slugging % was about 100 points better and his lifetime BA (batting average) was about 40 points better. Oh and with 4000 LESS AB's, Ruth had the SAME number of strike outs as Aaron.
The guy was a machine, then again, so was Aaron. Ruth was simply a better running machine.
Imagine. If he were a hitter for his whole career he would've had so many more homeruns. Also this was during the deadball era, and with great pitching! He was lazy too! I don't even want to imagine how good of a player he would've been in today's world.
the best who ever played, period. nobody even close. c.93 pitching victories, 714 hrs, c.342batting average. like i said: nobody even close. george was THEE man.
Babe Ruth is the greatest baseball hitter that baseball has ever known. He was also on his way to being one of its greatest pitchers, but then his hitting talents were discovered
Babe Ruth was an awesome competitor. Too bad the Red Sox didn't appreciate his drawing power. He was like a combination of Michael Jordan and W.C. Fields.
Oh my god! LET IT GO! We midwesterners dont know much about the sox/yanks rivalry (frankly we dont care and hate both those teams equaly) but for god sakes red soxs fans Shut da fuck up! you got your world series title now so let it go!
Seriously! Even Chicago cub fans bitch less than you do. You red sox have become just like the yankees. You have become what you always hated, a team that just buys good players and doesnt grow them! When MLB gets a salary cap (which WILL happen) you sox are going back to the bottom feeders you always were
The fact that we are still actively talking about the Bam all these many years after his career speaks volumes about his impact on not only the game of baseball but on all of sport. Long live the Babe!!
Baseball owes so much to Babe Ruth who saved MLB after the Black Sox scandal of 1919. He transformed the game as nobody else could have with the Home Run and ushered in the live ball era by filling stadiums wherever he played.
@rlegear19 There is no doubt Ruth helped and in fact did wonders.....but do not discount the insane popularity of Walter Johnson and the 1924 Senators who captured the immagination of the country, and the mysterious "live ball" era which sprung to life just as it did in after the srtike shortened season.
@rlegear19 Once in awhile an athlete comes along who is bigger than the sport itself. An athlete with character, showmanship, superior skill, and most of all - charisma. Babe Ruth was this to the sport of baseball. He had the "it" factor. There are only a few in a lifetime who achieve this status. Ruth, Ali, Jordan,Agassi, Borg, Armstrong. They all have that "it" factor. In the movie "The Babe", his wife said that the "suits" in baseball should line up and kiss his ass. She was right.
What a wonderful matchup! Think about it; if Ruth had stayed as just a pitcher, how close do you think he would have approached or even surpassed the Big Train's win total?
Please share your opinions; this is indeed a great debate!
Babe Ruth had 148 games as a starter with a record of 94-46. Johnson had 666 games starting with a record of 417-279. If Ruth started the same number of games as Johnson, his record would have been 423-207, beating Johnson in wins and percentage.. Do the same math with Cy Young's record of 511-316 for 815 GS, and Ruth's record would be 517-253. Ruth IS the GREATEST ball player of all time!
@rkc5150 that is faulty logic. first, Wins and winning percentage have as much to do with the team as with the pitcher second the babe only pitched for a short while and never had to deal with aging or arm trouble, by your own logic he isn't even as good as Dwight Gooden who went 91 and 35 in his first 158 starts.
Babe was 94-46 in 146 games and pitched 1221 innings compared to Doc Gooden's 1171 innings pitched in 158 starts. I would say that is better than Gooden. Remember that when Ruth pitched, there was really no such thing as a relief pitcher. it was not as common as it is now. PLUS Ruth could handle the booze... Dr. K could not! LOL
even the greatest ball player could be good at one thing at a time... one more thing, pitchers from back then weren't a liability at plate like today's pitchers... for example, walter johnson owns the record for batting avg of a pitcher over a full season... .433 (abt 100 ABs)...
personally for me, WJ was the greatest ball player ever... better than Ruth, Cobb, etc...
Some years ago, I knew an elderly gentleman named Luther "Red" Harvel. Red had worked as a scout for the A's and had played one year with the Indians back in 1928. Ruth made quite an impression on him. I still remember his assessment of him. "You be surprised how fast that fat boy could run," he said, "and you didn't run against his arm." Sounds like the voice of experience.
And my fav story about cobb. the 1910 batting title winner would receive a new car close was the race between Cobb and Nap Lajoie on the final day when Nap had a double header. The browns hated Cobb so much they allowed Lajoie to bunt safely 6 times and let a fly ball drop for a single. Despite this Cobb won by less than a thousandth of a point and the Chalmers Auto company gave both men the car. A just move considering years later it was found out one of Cobbs Games was counted twice that year.
People put way too much stock into stats and don't adjust for the era these guys played in. Working out every day and bulking up wasn't the norm back then, the fences are shorter, their are a few more games to break the old records, the ball is way different, the players are generally slower overall, for Ruth to do what he did then was unbelievable.
It's too bad that it took until the arrival of the Nationals for Walter Johnson and the other Senators greats to get a proper notation at RFK Stadium and then Nationals Park. The Big Train retired before numbers were worn, but if the Pirates can retire 33 for Honus Wagner which he only wore as a coach, the Nationals should have a notation for Johnson and the 30 he wears here. Tidbit: Johnson's last game was also the game where Ruth hit his 60th. Johnson appeared as... a pinch-hitter!
This is for all you dingdongs that like to belittle Ruth!! Yes he was overweight,yes he couldn't run worth a darn, yes he was bowlegged,and yes to some he was down right ugly. But for a man that did all he done on hotdogs,and beer,had a great love for the game ,love for young kids that wanted to grow up and play ball,he still is the most talked about baseball player ever.
Today they got hotter balls and shorter fences dumb shits! They had good arms back then too, and he got on. He would be able to like today, and this is after he retired. This was deff not in his prime lol.
Colin Cowherd was right: Babe Ruth is just too fat and slow to POSSIBLY put up the numbers now in modern times. Obese, and out every time unless he hits a home run, he can't run. Fat, slow, and so sloth.
This video was taken in 1942, when Ruth was 47 and five years before he died of cancer. You honestly think THIS is how Ruth played in his prime? Ask yourself this---when was the last time you saw a slugger like Barry Bonds hit an inside-the-park home run? Ruth hit several. He was faster and more talented than Cowherd has given him credit.
go to babe ruths 60th homerun the best player ever in his prime and lets not forget he was a hall of fame quality pitcher anyone who truly knows the history of baseball knows he was the best player ever.
You are absolutley right, he also was a hall of fame quality pitcher, Anyone who truly knows baseball, know that Ty Cobb was the greatest player of all time. 1st in the hall of fame, Ruth 2nd. Cobb highest lifetime batting average of all time. 12batting championships, most hits in a season, Most lifetime hits, most stolen bases of all time at the same time. while many of those records have been broken, they have never all been held by the same person since Cobb. Still highst batting Avg.
Lol Babe Ruth has got to be the slowest player ever. I know he was 48 in this video, but even in other videos where he was in his prime he was still slow.
However, he made up his slowness with his hitting. Babe Ruth was a badass.
Some of that may have to do with the film cameras of the time, because Ruth was supposed to actually be fairly quick (especially when you consider that he didn't train/condition like the players today - unless you consider smoking cigars, eating a half dozen hot dogs at a single sitting, and drinking like a fish training.
What's funny is that's how we lost the World Series to the Cardinals in 1926. With 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th of game 7 of the World Series in 1926 where the Yankees were losing Babe Ruth was on first. Now I don't know who was at the plate (Most likely Lou Gehrig) but I believe the Yankees were trying to do a hit and run so Ruth began running to second and whoever was at the plate probebly swung and missed so the catcher threw the ball to second and Ruth was tagged out, Cards win 1926 WS.
maybe he thought he had the right amount of speed to steel but obviously not, besides that is great history though but Babe Ruth is the greatest Baseball player to ever live, and thats what we all care about
The Big Train served one up for the Babe. I've read that Johnson intentionally gave Ruth pitches to knock out of the park because he knew that's what the fans wanted to see. That's what kind of man Johnson was. Great footage of the two greatest players of all time.
Also people think the babe was just a big ol' fat guy that played ball. The video we see of him is in his later years. The Babe was not always "fat." In his prime he was in great shape--burly--but very solid.
The two greatest at their craft. Although Johnson didn't have as many W's as Cy young (511 to 417) he had a lower ERA (2.17 to 2.63), the most shutouts by a large margin than any pitcher, and was just overall ridiculous good. He three 100 MPH when NO ONE did.
Ruth is the greatest ball player of all-time. He has records in pitching and hitting. He had 91 career victories and an ERA of 2.28--which is crazy good. No other man will ever do what he did.
Nobody back then even hit low 90's, let alone 100. As you can see, all of these guys threw sidearm, and you don't get that amount of speed by throwing sidearm.
48 and swinging it for the fences ....i dont give a damn if my momma was pitching to the babe ....he hit it in the stands at 48 and you can tell his gut was full of dogs and beer. What a character, just glad to never hear the babe say"when your closet is clean , then come clean mine" gone are the heroes and were left with premadonnas pointing to the sky at home plate thanking god for the bountiful supply of roids we are about to recieve.
yes he was a great player.. but not as good as me i played his mum while babe was playin when he was a young boi his mother was a dirty slut and for the truth out the they dont even know if Mr Ruth was his father he could be my son the fat shit!
This is an unbelievable footage. the last "HR" the Babe would ever hit. And it was a bomb. It shows the classy guy Johnson was..grooving one... and the great hitter The Babe was...sweet swing.
I say, old boy, that's a bit harsh. The infield positions in baseball require some measure of skill as does the game of basketball which is completely original and not a 'watered down' version of any sport. I agree with your earlier statements, but I take issue with and wonder about the less than friendly tone of the last remark.
NO Ball player today can do what Babe did in the shape that Babe was in. NONE of his records would be broken today if he took better care of himself. Plus, imagine the Babe on Steroids ?
Imagine also if he had entered the game as a full-time batter instead of a pitcher. Although there weren't as many homers hit before 1920, you just know he would have ended up with far more than 714. Would it have been more than Hank or Barry had? Maybe.
??? If you mean length wise, yeah. But his bat was pretty heavy. 36 in. 42 oz. Louisville Slugger. I can't think of ANYONE who would swing a bat with a length-weight ratio of above zero, let alone 6!
I really enjoy hearing learning about Ruth despite also being an Australian. We have our own Sultan of Swat. His name was Bradman and he averaged nearly 100 runs very match in cricket. Both were masters of their craft.
Why is that funny? Blokes standing out on the pitch for 4 hours straight hitting 300 runs? You reckon hitting homer's is easier than that? Not to mention getting bowled body line. But I guess you yanks wouldn't know jack about cricket hey?
I'm a Yank who has played some cricket. It is not easy. The Babe once played the game on a world tour. A leading cricket player (I don't remember the name) said that Babe had potential as a batsman but he'd have to work at it for a few years.
Now, to Ruth in 1942--that he was able to connect and drive a ball into the seats at that age is scary. I know Johnson was just soft-tossing (this WAS a benefit) but even so, it is a frightening feat.
babe ruth is the greatest baseball player of all time. i mean just look at his numbers homers rbi even his batting averge for his whole career makes chipper jones season look weak. also the man pitched. real icon
Ruth was the greatest baseball player of all time, period. Name me another person who could throw 90 miles per hour and hit a ball 600 feet. (Not a single one of his detractors here could hit a golf ball that far!) Any discussion to the contrary is beyond absurd. Comparing a man long since retired to artificially-enhanced present day players in their primes is just childish. Put down your video games, unplug your ipods and just try hitting a pitched baseball. Talkin' ain't doin'!!!
yeah also think what he could do now i mean back then they didint have the greatest equiptment either what if they used now days bats and balls that would be amazing also ted williams would be to
who is going to remember when you're dead? oh wait, nobody. he's been dead since the 40's and almost everyday in baseball, his name will be brought up. he's a legend that will be remembered for the rest of baseballs life. what did you ever do to compare to that? you're greatest accomplishment in life was probably earning a ged. right?
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actually for your information,i did accomplish something,ok artard.Maybe the "world" might not remember me but all my friends will.And i say that because i did something so incredible that when the word gets out my name will be mentioned a million times a day.On may 26,2006,I became the first man to masturbate 13 times in 1 day (24 hours).Now bring me someone who came close to that or even u,before u start running ur mouth,unlike u,IM A CHAMPION,I DID SOMETHING WITH MY LIFE.
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Ow ok,well im sorry i doubted you man,ok YOU WIN,i lose,alright because it is obviously clear that you have more free time then i do,i'll be thinking about how i lost to you while im driving 1 of my 6 European cars to my mansion having sex to the EXTREAME.so ok buddy you win
are you an arab? your name looks arabic. typical of an arab to talk shit about the greatest player of americas greatest sport.
fucking durka, your such a douche you would probably find a way to strap a bomb to your penis so when you masturbate to beat your record you will suicide bomb your bathroom
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vinoorli 2 months ago in playlist Babe Ruth
era el mejor bateador de los yankees de nuwayork
vinoorli 2 months ago
This is incredible baseball history. Thanks so much for posting!
IMJUSTS0MEGUY 6 months ago
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Great stuff. And such good clarity! A treasure!
huskyjerk 6 months ago
definitely on the juice
SuperOlds88 6 months ago
@SuperOlds88 LMAO
4SALESEBAY 5 months ago
@SuperOlds88 LOL,nice.
bishopaz 4 months ago
did he miss the plate?
kshay003 6 months ago
Just a real THRILL OF A POST!! Many thanks ....... Oddly most of the "BIG MATCHUPS" of "The big train" and The "Babe" were as Pitchers ..... and BABE Owned those!! Rwo Great Men!
quiettman11 7 months ago
Ruth and Johnson was a great matchup in it's day. Looks like Ruth got him one more time!
tbilly76 7 months ago
Babe your candy tastes the best your the best but but in the end of the video you didnt hit home plate...
TheMan4801 7 months ago
Ruth actually hit it in foul territory but ran it out anyway.
robertschelly 8 months ago
Babe Ruth didn't have to run, cuz he knows that he will hit a home-run EVERYTIME.
onyot18 8 months ago
He's 48 and still can whoope anyone els !!!
TheYankees2300 9 months ago
Completely enjoyable film clip. Wasn't the Babe a Brooklyn Dodgers coach by then or was that later?
Iguana56 9 months ago
google benwahrlebaseballparks
baseballfreak1125 9 months ago
dude that is awesome! go babe and walter!
coolguyponus 9 months ago
Walter johnson is my great great grandfather!
WAFFLEZWILLRULE 9 months ago
at 48 he still puts it out. I always wonder how a ruth, Cy young, Johnson, would fair today? Ruth looks so out of shape in his prime. WOuld he be a superstar today? Was the average major leaguer a step down from todays? I'm 45, but would love to hear from older folks that have seen many generations.
BSlash24 9 months ago
@BSlash24
Not an old folk but I think both Ruth and Johnson would be superstars today. Walter Johnson threw hard for his era just imagine what modern day strength and condition could do for him. Babe Ruth was out of shape later in his career but younger Babe Ruth was a terrific athlete.
bertmustin 6 months ago
lol, "yes sir, it still takes the old timers to do a bang up job." i think walter served babe up a big fat one.
tomitstube 10 months ago
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AngeliiArleenaj921 10 months ago
Doesn't matter if you're a Yankees fan, Red Sox fan, a Mets fan (like me) or any other kind of fan...
EVERYONE LOVES THE BABE! :D
obiwanobiwan13 11 months ago
babe ruth fastest player ever (brandon)
calvicambridge 11 months ago
Not a big point, but what year was Babe Ruth born? All the sources I've seen state 1895. But I've read that he always claimed that his birth records were inaccuarte, and that he was actually born in 1894. I know it's only a year's difference. The narrator of this clip states his age as being 48 at the time.
August8th1969 1 year ago
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babe ruth is the best baseball player ever lived he will be my favorite baseball player ever
geauxlayne 1 year ago
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babe ruth is the best baseball player ever lived he will be my favorite baseball player ever
geauxlayne 1 year ago
babe ruth is the best baseball player ever lived he will be my favorite baseball player ever
geauxlayne 1 year ago
Babe Ruth was the greatest homerun slugger of alltime he saved baseball after the 1919 Blacksox scandal up tell then Joe Jackson of the Whitesox was the greatest outfielder and natural hitter during the teen years from 1910-1919 in the American league besides Ty Cobb for the Tigers.Babe was traded to the Yankees after the1919 season in 1920 he batted .376 with and incredible 54 homeruns and 137 rbi's nobody came close to that many homeruns before that he hit over 50 hrs in 4 different years.
bondsly 1 year ago
And yes, there WAS a war on. That's WHY there were 70000 people in Yankee Stadium. Not everybody was drafted or enlisted at once. By '44, most of the fans and most of the real players were gone. But this may have been the most important HR the Bambino ever hit. It was for something a little bigger than a World Series or HR title. Thanks, Babe! Thanks Walter!
TheBatugan77 1 year ago
Ruth and Hank were both phenomenal. No need to run one down at the expense of the other. Hank got those extra ABs by taking excellent care of himself. The Babe did hang in till was 40 with no DH, modern medicine, and in ballparks that were much bigger than today. Aaron hit his 715th with racial hate mail and death threats. I'm a lifelong Yank fan but I'd take Ruth or Aaron, and start a helluva team. Guess what... their birthdays are one day apart! (The Hammer Feb 5, The Babe Feb 6)
TheBatugan77 1 year ago
babe ruth sucked balls
YouGotJEWD 1 year ago
@YouGotJEWD babe ruth and your mom have the same name?
SimpleStuff31 1 year ago
The greatest Player of all time with perhaps the greatest Pitcher
FRSFreeState 1 year ago
The greatest hitter and greatest pitcher in baseball history.
bertmustin 1 year ago
Pretty Swing
sivvybee 1 year ago
Not much you could say accept babe Ruth might be a bit better.
theaverageitalian97 1 year ago
Why that is a big attendance considering a war is going on.
6hrt 1 year ago
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This happened on Aug 23, 1942. Love the respect that you can see that both had for each other.
Funny, they BOTH started out as excellent pitchers, but Ruth had that hitting that took him to 60 HR in '27. Johnson, ironically, hit .348 that year!
Remember the poem:
J is for Johnson
The Big Train in his prime
Was so fast he could throw
Three strikes at a time.
Scoclamor 1 year ago
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Scoclamor 1 year ago
fulton county stadium was known as the launching pad with the hot,sultry weather being very conducive to hr's.NY and boston were cold and wet for much of the season and ruth was a pitcher for his first 5 years in the bigs.Once they saw his bat the coach said,"shit,we gotta get this guy some more ab's."
rw5791 1 year ago
Aaron is the all-time Homer king, but 61 (Maris) is still the single-season record as far as I'm concerned. I don't care what anyone says.
FasterThanYou321 1 year ago
Ruth is the single season leader, Took him 7 less games then Maris.
SponseredByWalmart 1 year ago
@SponseredByWalmart dude, we would have to rewrite every single record if it was all like that,what about hitting milestones in the dh era? would ,lets say, craig biggio be able to reach 3000 hits against the american league and guys who felt short cold maybe have get it if it wasnt for badly trained al pitcher at hitting that literally are a sure out in the nl and should we give no hitters to guys that saw their masterpiece destroyed by a guy on roids?
lifebbz 1 year ago
@lifebbz exactly, thumbs up
Nitrotech23 1 year ago
I'll give Aaron the credit he deserves. He is the Home Run King. But Bonds, A-Rod, McGwire, Sosa... these guys suck. Especially Bonds. His stats completely make a joke of the history of the game. Pete Rose is banned? They should ban all the steroid freaks who made a mockery of the game.
FasterThanYou321 1 year ago
As much as I would love to defend Hank Aaron as being the best hitter ever, 755 HR's speaks volumes.. I think the Babe has him beat hands down... The Ruth had about 4000 LESS at bats than Aaron, his slugging % was about 100 points better and his lifetime BA (batting average) was about 40 points better. Oh and with 4000 LESS AB's, Ruth had the SAME number of strike outs as Aaron.
The guy was a machine, then again, so was Aaron. Ruth was simply a better running machine.
auscon04 1 year ago
This is really cool.
corkbender 1 year ago
Ruth loved hitting on pretty women, loved to drink, and loved america...... sounds like my kind of guy!
Mortskcab 1 year ago
Did The Babe hit the last one for a home run?
Medication102 1 year ago
Imagine. If he were a hitter for his whole career he would've had so many more homeruns. Also this was during the deadball era, and with great pitching! He was lazy too! I don't even want to imagine how good of a player he would've been in today's world.
CombatMTv3 1 year ago
simply the best that has ever walked the earth! no doubt
dcjnt24 1 year ago
the best who ever played, period. nobody even close. c.93 pitching victories, 714 hrs, c.342batting average. like i said: nobody even close. george was THEE man.
IIIIdepechemodeIIII 1 year ago
lmao @ babe ruth's fat piggy ass running
astroboirap 1 year ago
he hit a homerun at the age of 48 thats pertty good
endurocatfish 1 year ago 2
@endurocatfish Luke Appling got one at 75!
Awesome newsreel! Could there a more legendary batter-pitcher showdown than the Bambino and the Big Train?
Dralcoffin 1 year ago
Babe Ruth is the greatest baseball hitter that baseball has ever known. He was also on his way to being one of its greatest pitchers, but then his hitting talents were discovered
nakedBison69 1 year ago
@nakedBison69 i say ted williams, but you can debate anything
shadowhawk72 1 year ago
@nakedBison69 i say ted williams, but you can debate anything
shadowhawk72 1 year ago
Babe Ruth was an awesome competitor. Too bad the Red Sox didn't appreciate his drawing power. He was like a combination of Michael Jordan and W.C. Fields.
nihonjoe06 1 year ago
Oh my god! LET IT GO! We midwesterners dont know much about the sox/yanks rivalry (frankly we dont care and hate both those teams equaly) but for god sakes red soxs fans Shut da fuck up! you got your world series title now so let it go!
Mortskcab 1 year ago
Blow it out yer anal crevice, lowlife!
nihonjoe06 1 year ago
screw you. get over it. No wonder you guys are becoming more hated than the yankees. You sox fans bitch and whine about every fucking thing.
Mortskcab 1 year ago
I'm not a Red Sox fan.
nihonjoe06 1 year ago
Seriously! Even Chicago cub fans bitch less than you do. You red sox have become just like the yankees. You have become what you always hated, a team that just buys good players and doesnt grow them! When MLB gets a salary cap (which WILL happen) you sox are going back to the bottom feeders you always were
Mortskcab 1 year ago
yea, and your mother sucks cocks in hell!
samuel2041 1 year ago
The fact that we are still actively talking about the Bam all these many years after his career speaks volumes about his impact on not only the game of baseball but on all of sport. Long live the Babe!!
jfury76 2 years ago 18
Baseball owes so much to Babe Ruth who saved MLB after the Black Sox scandal of 1919. He transformed the game as nobody else could have with the Home Run and ushered in the live ball era by filling stadiums wherever he played.
rlegear19 2 years ago 16
@rlegear19 There is no doubt Ruth helped and in fact did wonders.....but do not discount the insane popularity of Walter Johnson and the 1924 Senators who captured the immagination of the country, and the mysterious "live ball" era which sprung to life just as it did in after the srtike shortened season.
greenlawler 10 months ago
@rlegear19 Once in awhile an athlete comes along who is bigger than the sport itself. An athlete with character, showmanship, superior skill, and most of all - charisma. Babe Ruth was this to the sport of baseball. He had the "it" factor. There are only a few in a lifetime who achieve this status. Ruth, Ali, Jordan,Agassi, Borg, Armstrong. They all have that "it" factor. In the movie "The Babe", his wife said that the "suits" in baseball should line up and kiss his ass. She was right.
theatlantean2 7 months ago
The best Pitcher ever Pitching facing the best Power Hitter ever. Can't beat that when it comes to Baseball.
FrsBigeasy 2 years ago 2
im always in Awe when i see my idol
xxblksabbathxx 2 years ago 2
Great video!!!
davidgee100 2 years ago
I don't love your attitude, Jenny! I'm at least covered by my panties
LaurelCowgal 2 years ago
damn, i hope he didnt run like that wen he was younger
as a oldie. runs like a girl
WADEB24 2 years ago
He's 47 years old in this video...
iamzeroedin 2 years ago
do you know how old that was back then?
WADEB24 2 years ago
That's a really good video. I loved when babe ran the bases.
Chevy64w 2 years ago
Babe hitting HR's at 48 is great.
yiassoufile 2 years ago
What a wonderful matchup! Think about it; if Ruth had stayed as just a pitcher, how close do you think he would have approached or even surpassed the Big Train's win total?
Please share your opinions; this is indeed a great debate!
startover942 2 years ago
Babe Ruth had 148 games as a starter with a record of 94-46. Johnson had 666 games starting with a record of 417-279. If Ruth started the same number of games as Johnson, his record would have been 423-207, beating Johnson in wins and percentage.. Do the same math with Cy Young's record of 511-316 for 815 GS, and Ruth's record would be 517-253. Ruth IS the GREATEST ball player of all time!
rkc5150 2 years ago 3
@rkc5150 that is faulty logic. first, Wins and winning percentage have as much to do with the team as with the pitcher second the babe only pitched for a short while and never had to deal with aging or arm trouble, by your own logic he isn't even as good as Dwight Gooden who went 91 and 35 in his first 158 starts.
slork55 2 years ago
Babe was 94-46 in 146 games and pitched 1221 innings compared to Doc Gooden's 1171 innings pitched in 158 starts. I would say that is better than Gooden. Remember that when Ruth pitched, there was really no such thing as a relief pitcher. it was not as common as it is now. PLUS Ruth could handle the booze... Dr. K could not! LOL
rkc5150 2 years ago
even the greatest ball player could be good at one thing at a time... one more thing, pitchers from back then weren't a liability at plate like today's pitchers... for example, walter johnson owns the record for batting avg of a pitcher over a full season... .433 (abt 100 ABs)...
personally for me, WJ was the greatest ball player ever... better than Ruth, Cobb, etc...
BenQasim 2 years ago
Some years ago, I knew an elderly gentleman named Luther "Red" Harvel. Red had worked as a scout for the A's and had played one year with the Indians back in 1928. Ruth made quite an impression on him. I still remember his assessment of him. "You be surprised how fast that fat boy could run," he said, "and you didn't run against his arm." Sounds like the voice of experience.
looselatigo 2 years ago
And my fav story about cobb. the 1910 batting title winner would receive a new car close was the race between Cobb and Nap Lajoie on the final day when Nap had a double header. The browns hated Cobb so much they allowed Lajoie to bunt safely 6 times and let a fly ball drop for a single. Despite this Cobb won by less than a thousandth of a point and the Chalmers Auto company gave both men the car. A just move considering years later it was found out one of Cobbs Games was counted twice that year.
hfield07 2 years ago
People put way too much stock into stats and don't adjust for the era these guys played in. Working out every day and bulking up wasn't the norm back then, the fences are shorter, their are a few more games to break the old records, the ball is way different, the players are generally slower overall, for Ruth to do what he did then was unbelievable.
hfield07 2 years ago
ruth is a beast
aGxNickJx64 2 years ago
Ruth had 123 SBs, 136 3Bs, and led the league in runs 8 times in his career, so couldn't have been super slow and many people seem to think.
erad67 2 years ago
It's too bad that it took until the arrival of the Nationals for Walter Johnson and the other Senators greats to get a proper notation at RFK Stadium and then Nationals Park. The Big Train retired before numbers were worn, but if the Pirates can retire 33 for Honus Wagner which he only wore as a coach, the Nationals should have a notation for Johnson and the 30 he wears here. Tidbit: Johnson's last game was also the game where Ruth hit his 60th. Johnson appeared as... a pinch-hitter!
UncleMikeNJ 2 years ago
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idk about this sport but it looks like his too fat and old like he suck
bkxnyxmxx 2 years ago
This is for all you dingdongs that like to belittle Ruth!! Yes he was overweight,yes he couldn't run worth a darn, yes he was bowlegged,and yes to some he was down right ugly. But for a man that did all he done on hotdogs,and beer,had a great love for the game ,love for young kids that wanted to grow up and play ball,he still is the most talked about baseball player ever.
George Herman Ruth a man for all ages!
Ty Cobb couldn't carry Babes jock strap!!!
stuballs42 2 years ago
Today they got hotter balls and shorter fences dumb shits! They had good arms back then too, and he got on. He would be able to like today, and this is after he retired. This was deff not in his prime lol.
bestofthebest24 2 years ago
Colin Cowherd was right: Babe Ruth is just too fat and slow to POSSIBLY put up the numbers now in modern times. Obese, and out every time unless he hits a home run, he can't run. Fat, slow, and so sloth.
ftworthxxx 2 years ago
This video was taken in 1942, when Ruth was 47 and five years before he died of cancer. You honestly think THIS is how Ruth played in his prime? Ask yourself this---when was the last time you saw a slugger like Barry Bonds hit an inside-the-park home run? Ruth hit several. He was faster and more talented than Cowherd has given him credit.
eddiejc1 2 years ago
Checkout the Babes triple statistics and tell me how slow he was
rcp1936 2 years ago
sultan of squat
JESUSsatanCHRIST 2 years ago
THE NEGRO LEAGUES HAD BETTER PLAYERS
JESUSsatanCHRIST 2 years ago
go to babe ruths 60th homerun the best player ever in his prime and lets not forget he was a hall of fame quality pitcher anyone who truly knows the history of baseball knows he was the best player ever.
714hr 2 years ago
You are absolutley right, he also was a hall of fame quality pitcher, Anyone who truly knows baseball, know that Ty Cobb was the greatest player of all time. 1st in the hall of fame, Ruth 2nd. Cobb highest lifetime batting average of all time. 12batting championships, most hits in a season, Most lifetime hits, most stolen bases of all time at the same time. while many of those records have been broken, they have never all been held by the same person since Cobb. Still highst batting Avg.
Robv6061 2 years ago
All of whom would have been struck out by Sandy Koufax in the Field of Dreams!
ftworthxxx 2 years ago
Being a Fort Worth native, I love your analysis, way of thinking and your obvious love of the beautiful game that is Base Ball!
startover942 2 years ago
Compared to modern players, his swing looks so unorthodoxed.
TheheirtoEarth 2 years ago
Compared to modern players, he looks overweight.
ffairlane57 2 years ago
has any one ever heard of jack mCcarthy for the new york yankes if so he is my great uncle he played picher
englishlegend101 2 years ago
Lol Babe Ruth has got to be the slowest player ever. I know he was 48 in this video, but even in other videos where he was in his prime he was still slow.
However, he made up his slowness with his hitting. Babe Ruth was a badass.
SlickVick23 2 years ago
Some of that may have to do with the film cameras of the time, because Ruth was supposed to actually be fairly quick (especially when you consider that he didn't train/condition like the players today - unless you consider smoking cigars, eating a half dozen hot dogs at a single sitting, and drinking like a fish training.
scottsmith60446 2 years ago
Yeah, everything is slower with motion picture film. I'm sure he was much quicker in real time.
Basssinger86 2 years ago
What's funny is that's how we lost the World Series to the Cardinals in 1926. With 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th of game 7 of the World Series in 1926 where the Yankees were losing Babe Ruth was on first. Now I don't know who was at the plate (Most likely Lou Gehrig) but I believe the Yankees were trying to do a hit and run so Ruth began running to second and whoever was at the plate probebly swung and missed so the catcher threw the ball to second and Ruth was tagged out, Cards win 1926 WS.
5StarGeneralXenoCO 2 years ago
maybe he thought he had the right amount of speed to steel but obviously not, besides that is great history though but Babe Ruth is the greatest Baseball player to ever live, and thats what we all care about
coltrms 2 years ago
But the following year, 1927, the Yankees swept the Pirates!
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narutoejc 2 years ago
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narutoejc 2 years ago
what was his name then..
JordanandCompany 2 years ago
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narutoejc 2 years ago
i dont get how he can hit a home run when ever he wants it seems..lol
xdsxsnipexdsx 2 years ago
Man, I wish I could have been born 100 years earlier. :(
xlegionx 2 years ago
WOW....these guys are the reason why an 18 year old kid like me wants to visit Cooperstown some day.
paulrobert22 2 years ago
The Big Train served one up for the Babe. I've read that Johnson intentionally gave Ruth pitches to knock out of the park because he knew that's what the fans wanted to see. That's what kind of man Johnson was. Great footage of the two greatest players of all time.
helmet959 2 years ago
Agreed. I love Walter Johnson, one of the most genuinely nice people in sports history.
xlegionx 2 years ago
Also people think the babe was just a big ol' fat guy that played ball. The video we see of him is in his later years. The Babe was not always "fat." In his prime he was in great shape--burly--but very solid.
itsmillertime607 2 years ago
The two greatest at their craft. Although Johnson didn't have as many W's as Cy young (511 to 417) he had a lower ERA (2.17 to 2.63), the most shutouts by a large margin than any pitcher, and was just overall ridiculous good. He three 100 MPH when NO ONE did.
Ruth is the greatest ball player of all-time. He has records in pitching and hitting. He had 91 career victories and an ERA of 2.28--which is crazy good. No other man will ever do what he did.
itsmillertime607 2 years ago
Nobody back then even hit low 90's, let alone 100. As you can see, all of these guys threw sidearm, and you don't get that amount of speed by throwing sidearm.
9bpm9 2 years ago
Now how do you know that? Nobody TODAY throws like those guys back then. Can't we just give the guys of the past the benefit of the doubt?...
mmmhmm11 2 years ago
1942 is when my grampa was born!
antman3456 2 years ago
God bless Walter and the Babe!
stevevandien 2 years ago
the best player all time
cakm2002 2 years ago
48 and swinging it for the fences ....i dont give a damn if my momma was pitching to the babe ....he hit it in the stands at 48 and you can tell his gut was full of dogs and beer. What a character, just glad to never hear the babe say"when your closet is clean , then come clean mine" gone are the heroes and were left with premadonnas pointing to the sky at home plate thanking god for the bountiful supply of roids we are about to recieve.
BIGRED224FOREVER 2 years ago 2
The Babe was the greatest ever. He hit his homers under the influence of hot dogs
richstan4d 3 years ago
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yes he was a great player.. but not as good as me i played his mum while babe was playin when he was a young boi his mother was a dirty slut and for the truth out the they dont even know if Mr Ruth was his father he could be my son the fat shit!
ohhdardy 3 years ago
This is an unbelievable footage. the last "HR" the Babe would ever hit. And it was a bomb. It shows the classy guy Johnson was..grooving one... and the great hitter The Babe was...sweet swing.
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notphilivey 3 years ago 2
The old-timers do a bang up job.
Jemmer1000 3 years ago
Randy Johnson is just Walter in another life.
moffettman02 3 years ago
great
CitrusOrientizal 3 years ago
I say, old boy, that's a bit harsh. The infield positions in baseball require some measure of skill as does the game of basketball which is completely original and not a 'watered down' version of any sport. I agree with your earlier statements, but I take issue with and wonder about the less than friendly tone of the last remark.
muskratrowdy 3 years ago
1#player ever in mlb history the babe
babe ruth
h4oooo 3 years ago 2
NO Ball player today can do what Babe did in the shape that Babe was in. NONE of his records would be broken today if he took better care of himself. Plus, imagine the Babe on Steroids ?
No one is better.
Nuff Said !
ratnick 3 years ago 4
Imagine also if he had entered the game as a full-time batter instead of a pitcher. Although there weren't as many homers hit before 1920, you just know he would have ended up with far more than 714. Would it have been more than Hank or Barry had? Maybe.
muskratrowdy 3 years ago
If you wanna know if he would hit more than Hank or Barry, read the book "The year Babe Ruth hit 104 Home Runs". You'll love it.
zandersagwa 3 years ago
babe ruth
Nickfoxrider24 3 years ago
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waxmonster 3 years ago
Babe Ruth nearly falls over when he swings and misses...
Bronzewhaler82 3 years ago
Yes. Walter grooved it. Walter was a great man.
notphilivey 3 years ago 3
Walter lived 4 years after this and babe lived 5 years after this was filmed...Surprising babe was still that good!
xbutchj35 3 years ago
did big train groove that pitch to Babe? it looked like a soft loafer...
benbel15 3 years ago
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Then the Babe went out and immediately got drunk.
CanaKahuna 3 years ago
wow that was when everybody wore pajamas.
ThrillaDaMcColdKilla 3 years ago
How do you dare talking like that of the greatest hitter in the history of baseball? He should take his bat and shove it up your ass
cazpalm 3 years ago 3
Seriously. It would probably hurt like a bitch too. Babe's bat was practically a tree trunk!
thunderstruck665 3 years ago
You kidding? Out of all the famous homerun hitters he had the smallest bat.
5StarGeneralXenoCO 3 years ago
??? If you mean length wise, yeah. But his bat was pretty heavy. 36 in. 42 oz. Louisville Slugger. I can't think of ANYONE who would swing a bat with a length-weight ratio of above zero, let alone 6!
zandersagwa 3 years ago
if you knew anything about baseball, bat speed is the most powerful, plus, you still have to hit the ball you kike.
And the fields were shorter and the balls weren't as juiced as they are today. Shut up you ignorant fu ck
hparas 2 years ago
It must really suck to have to go through life as angry as you.
thunderstruck665 2 years ago
it must really suck just to be you.
hparas 2 years ago
Est-ce-que c'est Ruth Simard entrain de frapper des coups de circuit sa ?
Maxlecool222 3 years ago
I really enjoy hearing learning about Ruth despite also being an Australian. We have our own Sultan of Swat. His name was Bradman and he averaged nearly 100 runs very match in cricket. Both were masters of their craft.
QwidgyboMan 3 years ago
cricket! L.M.A.O.!!!!!!!
cleancutt2001 3 years ago
Why is that funny? Blokes standing out on the pitch for 4 hours straight hitting 300 runs? You reckon hitting homer's is easier than that? Not to mention getting bowled body line. But I guess you yanks wouldn't know jack about cricket hey?
QwidgyboMan 3 years ago
I'm a Yank who has played some cricket. It is not easy. The Babe once played the game on a world tour. A leading cricket player (I don't remember the name) said that Babe had potential as a batsman but he'd have to work at it for a few years.
muskratrowdy 3 years ago
even tho i live in australia. and its not big in australia!
i freaken love baseball.. its the best sport and yankees rule (:
KiidStuff 3 years ago
Can the mental defectives have their own forum?
Now, to Ruth in 1942--that he was able to connect and drive a ball into the seats at that age is scary. I know Johnson was just soft-tossing (this WAS a benefit) but even so, it is a frightening feat.
Ruth still amazes...
joeyjojo4 3 years ago 2
babe ruth is the greatest baseball player of all time. i mean just look at his numbers homers rbi even his batting averge for his whole career makes chipper jones season look weak. also the man pitched. real icon
IRemainSick 3 years ago 2
I agree. I often wonder if it wasn't for Ruth, would baseball be so popular today? and be America's game.
iamzeroedin 3 years ago
Ruth was the greatest baseball player of all time, period. Name me another person who could throw 90 miles per hour and hit a ball 600 feet. (Not a single one of his detractors here could hit a golf ball that far!) Any discussion to the contrary is beyond absurd. Comparing a man long since retired to artificially-enhanced present day players in their primes is just childish. Put down your video games, unplug your ipods and just try hitting a pitched baseball. Talkin' ain't doin'!!!
obbor4 3 years ago 3
yeah also think what he could do now i mean back then they didint have the greatest equiptment either what if they used now days bats and balls that would be amazing also ted williams would be to
jew500 3 years ago
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he runs like a pig
Bahzad23 3 years ago
At least he runs...
For a man who is almost 50 and lived a hard life, it is pretty weak to trash his memory with a cheap shot about his weight.
Beausant 3 years ago 3
you run like a spaz
NewYankee01 3 years ago
who is going to remember when you're dead? oh wait, nobody. he's been dead since the 40's and almost everyday in baseball, his name will be brought up. he's a legend that will be remembered for the rest of baseballs life. what did you ever do to compare to that? you're greatest accomplishment in life was probably earning a ged. right?
iamzeroedin 3 years ago 5
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actually for your information,i did accomplish something,ok artard.Maybe the "world" might not remember me but all my friends will.And i say that because i did something so incredible that when the word gets out my name will be mentioned a million times a day.On may 26,2006,I became the first man to masturbate 13 times in 1 day (24 hours).Now bring me someone who came close to that or even u,before u start running ur mouth,unlike u,IM A CHAMPION,I DID SOMETHING WITH MY LIFE.
Bahzad23 3 years ago
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On June 5th, 2004, I masturbated 19 times in three hours. I win.
iamzeroedin 3 years ago
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Ow ok,well im sorry i doubted you man,ok YOU WIN,i lose,alright because it is obviously clear that you have more free time then i do,i'll be thinking about how i lost to you while im driving 1 of my 6 European cars to my mansion having sex to the EXTREAME.so ok buddy you win
Bahzad23 3 years ago
are you an arab? your name looks arabic. typical of an arab to talk shit about the greatest player of americas greatest sport.
fucking durka, your such a douche you would probably find a way to strap a bomb to your penis so when you masturbate to beat your record you will suicide bomb your bathroom
BABE RUTH POWNS.
g00dz 3 years ago
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ummm actually im not arab,but u can suck my dick,i dont even know what the fuck ur name is but ur mom's tits are g00dz
Bahzad23 3 years ago
WOW!! What A GREAT FEAT!!! YOU Fucking HOMO!!
captaindb00 3 years ago
lol your funny as hell you put a smile on my face
havee3333333 2 years ago
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The world record for masterbation in one hour is 16 times...
so you guys can shut up now
MarineForceAlpha 3 years ago
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hes fat
dezzy1985 3 years ago