This video is 6 seconds of nothing. But I can't stop watching it, for it really has a lot you can see when you are a fan like me. And if you are a real fan, you know what sorts of things I am referring to that make this a compelling video. This is a very provocative piece of film for a fan like me. Thanks for posting.
This was opening day 1935...Ruth took Hubbell deep earlier in the game and was 2 for 2 against him at this point...probably part of the brushback. Braves Field in Boston had movie camera's located next to each on deck circle, so that is where this footage is likely from. There is fantastic shots of the 1948 World Series from these angles. There was probably footage from the '20's onward taken from those camera's that is now lost. Little still survives. It would be incredible to find it.
@RUKidding05 ..so, do you have any more of this? Where did you find this footage? Is the audio dubbed as guitymon says? It really does feel like you're right in the on-deck circle, doesn't it?
The sound is dubbed from some crowd noise I have. It lines up pretty good. I have a bunch of Babe Ruth videos. I can't recaqll off the top of my head which one it is from. Let me check.
@RUKidding05, @guitimon -- so guitymon was right, it's dubbed sound -- good enough to fool me, though. RU, if you have more of this I'd love to see it! Great quality for 1935.
I've watched this 100 times. Looks like an early telecast or video tape, doesn't it? Love the audio.. like being in a time machine for 5-seconds. There has to be more of this. Notice Hub wiping his hands on his pants after he delivered the pitch. Did he load up?
@oddsox1919 Hate to burst your bubble, but that audio is added in. That's hardly a brush back pitch, let alone one that would ensue a crowd to react in such a way. Plus I'm a video editor and audio that clear and crisp just doesn't exist from 75 years ago. Sorry....
By the By Carl Hubbell was my Grandfather's Favorite Pitcher of all time. He grew up a Yankee's/Giants Fan but didn't love Hubbell he had a Fast Ball which was killer . He also mentioned Hal Scchumacher I spelled it wrong i know.
That is a stupid comment.."he had a yankees uniform on,".............looks to me like he was a member of the Boston Braves.....'course I am only 53 years old.....what the hell do I know......
@ufund Baseball Reference: This would have been April 16, 1935, N.Y. Giants-Boston Braves at Braves Field. Boston won 4-2. Babe: 2 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs.
Hubbell lost, going 6 innings, giving up 9 hits, striking out 4 and earning all 4 runs. Ed Brandt pitched complete-game win, giving up 5 hits, fanning 5 and earning both Giant runs.
20,000 paid to see it. And, not sure if it was custom of the day, but there was apparently no third base umpire.
@PeerlessPaavo Check that -- there was an ump at third base, according to Baseball Reference, but not at second. I'm sure someone out there can tell us if the second-base ump is a relatively recent innovation.
This video is 6 seconds of nothing. But I can't stop watching it, for it really has a lot you can see when you are a fan like me. And if you are a real fan, you know what sorts of things I am referring to that make this a compelling video. This is a very provocative piece of film for a fan like me. Thanks for posting.
huskyjerk 4 months ago
Im related to carl hubbell
nascar0fan0 4 months ago
looked like a slider, they definitely threw hard back in the day, and no helmets
ImSoAlpha 6 months ago
ruth's first 5 years were as a pitcher with the bosox.He only got to hit every 4th game and yet he still had 714 career hr's.
rw5791 9 months ago
look how close the shortstop is playing to secondbase, if Ruth had hit a hard ball up the middle it would have ate him for lunch.
ike2729 9 months ago
This was opening day 1935...Ruth took Hubbell deep earlier in the game and was 2 for 2 against him at this point...probably part of the brushback. Braves Field in Boston had movie camera's located next to each on deck circle, so that is where this footage is likely from. There is fantastic shots of the 1948 World Series from these angles. There was probably footage from the '20's onward taken from those camera's that is now lost. Little still survives. It would be incredible to find it.
lollar 1 year ago
@lollar Yes there must be a ton of footage of games that is lost. It is so rare to see an angle like this or angles from the outfield.
RUKidding05 1 year ago
worst player ever
chase17500 1 year ago
Ruth was vicious at the plate
NYYankeeVlog 1 year ago
Hey, one more thing: You notice Babe spitting after the pitch goes by? Ah, man, that's baseball!
oddsox1919 1 year ago
@oddsox1919
Good catch. I never even noticed that before!!
RUKidding05 1 year ago
@RUKidding05 ..so, do you have any more of this? Where did you find this footage? Is the audio dubbed as guitymon says? It really does feel like you're right in the on-deck circle, doesn't it?
oddsox1919 1 year ago
@oddsox1919
The sound is dubbed from some crowd noise I have. It lines up pretty good. I have a bunch of Babe Ruth videos. I can't recaqll off the top of my head which one it is from. Let me check.
RUKidding05 1 year ago
@RUKidding05, @guitimon -- so guitymon was right, it's dubbed sound -- good enough to fool me, though. RU, if you have more of this I'd love to see it! Great quality for 1935.
oddsox1919 1 year ago
ITS 1935 folks...Babe is w/ the Braves. In the twilight of his career.
saholben 2 years ago
wow, great footage!
davidgee100 2 years ago
Will the Bambino charge the mound?
Will he point to the center field bleachers?And then go yard?
TheMusicfreak66 2 years ago
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oddsox1919 2 years ago
I've watched this 100 times. Looks like an early telecast or video tape, doesn't it? Love the audio.. like being in a time machine for 5-seconds. There has to be more of this. Notice Hub wiping his hands on his pants after he delivered the pitch. Did he load up?
oddsox1919 2 years ago 5
@oddsox1919 Hate to burst your bubble, but that audio is added in. That's hardly a brush back pitch, let alone one that would ensue a crowd to react in such a way. Plus I'm a video editor and audio that clear and crisp just doesn't exist from 75 years ago. Sorry....
guitymon 1 year ago
@guitymon well, damn... I wondered about that. Still, there's gotta be some more of this somewhere....
oddsox1919 1 year ago
Great to see the true baseball heroes again. Too bad that era is gone.
joeasmythe 2 years ago
Caught the inside corner. Yer outta there!
Rukidding57 2 years ago
Hardly a brushback.
LazlosPlane 2 years ago
i'm pretty sure babe hit a homer in that game off hub.
patthecatman 2 years ago
ya, the third pitch was his 60 th homer back in 1927
tmkrjk 2 years ago
By the By Carl Hubbell was my Grandfather's Favorite Pitcher of all time. He grew up a Yankee's/Giants Fan but didn't love Hubbell he had a Fast Ball which was killer . He also mentioned Hal Scchumacher I spelled it wrong i know.
Wehategod 2 years ago
Thats right Boston Braves all the way . Long live the Boston Bee's and Braves Field
Wehategod 2 years ago
Look at how violent Ruth's "load up"before the swing was. He was a beast.
tubage07 3 years ago
You could see that Hubbell was really bringing it. A Hall of Fame pitcher.
swr112261 3 years ago
Babe's final year.
joni2691 3 years ago
he had a yankees uniform on, his llast year he played in boston
avalsonline 3 years ago
That is a stupid comment.."he had a yankees uniform on,".............looks to me like he was a member of the Boston Braves.....'course I am only 53 years old.....what the hell do I know......
Kenoman29 3 years ago 2
i am sorry, i did misread it. i sit corrected
avalsonline 3 years ago
Understood..........
Kenoman29 3 years ago
This comes from opening day in Boston in 1935. Great stuff.
ufund 3 years ago
@ufund Baseball Reference: This would have been April 16, 1935, N.Y. Giants-Boston Braves at Braves Field. Boston won 4-2. Babe: 2 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs.
Hubbell lost, going 6 innings, giving up 9 hits, striking out 4 and earning all 4 runs. Ed Brandt pitched complete-game win, giving up 5 hits, fanning 5 and earning both Giant runs.
20,000 paid to see it. And, not sure if it was custom of the day, but there was apparently no third base umpire.
PeerlessPaavo 1 year ago
@PeerlessPaavo Check that -- there was an ump at third base, according to Baseball Reference, but not at second. I'm sure someone out there can tell us if the second-base ump is a relatively recent innovation.
PeerlessPaavo 1 year ago