#21 Babe Ruth
by delias man on Oct 31, 2010 11:51 AM PDT
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1962 Topps had a commemorative subset of 10 cards that depicted Ruth's life and career. Ruth's Dodger coaching career is a pretty miniscule part of his career, so I am surprised that Topps decided to add this into the set. It is well noted that Ruth tried and tried to get a job as a manager but nobody was willing to take a chance on him. The Dodgers were abysmal in the 1930's, so they had nothing to lose with taking him on as a coach, or a novelty really.
You can search the Getty images for Babe as a Dodger here. I originally thought they could have selected a better image of him for this card, but they really did not have many options. I love the wood border of this 1962 set, I am sure we will come back to this set again later in the countdown. 330 of these have been submitted to PSA for grading. 89 8's with 10 graded higher.
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Cool card. I love Babe Ruth. Wrote a paper on him in the 1st grade. The only thing I remember is that Babe used to tip his pitches. When he was going to throw a curveball he would stick his tongue out slightly. Hitters picked up on it and clobbered him. It go so bad that they had to send him to the minors to work it out.
He tipped his pitches so much
they told him to go become the best power hitter of his generation.
Five zombies. Four bullets. Two zombies.
One of my favorite quotes ever
came later in Babe Ruth’s career, when someone asked him if he was superstitious. Ruth said, “the only superstition I have is to make sure I touch all the bases after I hit a home run.”
by Eric Stephen on Nov 1, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if that is really true?
Because nothing would indicate he was ever “clobbered” when he was a pitcher.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruthba01.shtml
I think I wrote my Babe Ruth report in the 4th grade
That would be when he was still the all-time leader in career home runs!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Even I'm not old enough to remember the '62 cards
but I didn’t have older brothers either.
I do remember those Franklin half-dollars though, with the Liberty Bell, I believe, on the reverse, and their being phased out for Kennedy half-dollars.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
As a New Yorker
The Babe was and probably still is my favorite athlete every. Ive done project after project on him, but the one that was the best was one I did last year. It was a power point and I was actually able to include Babe’s farewell speech. The most chilling thing I have ever heard
by lakersdodgersyankees4life on Nov 1, 2010 10:07 PM PDT reply actions
oh
and I also included the called shot he hit. Amazing what the internet has :)
by lakersdodgersyankees4life on Nov 1, 2010 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
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