yankeeoldfan Posts: 372

One thing about the Babe, if you didn't know his face you would never know by looking at his body he was a Big HR hitter would you ??

Yankeeoldfan,

Very true.  Same thing goes for Gehrig.  Both Ruth and Gehrig look like men among boys in the 1927 team picture:

Feb 24, 2010 -- 10:25PM, RobS44 wrote:

What I find even more intersting is that Ruth had 123 stolen bases as a Yankee.  Watching him run in those old newsreel movies, you wouldn't think of him as a base stealer.

Was that a result of Ruth's speed or lack of the invention of the slide-step?  LOL

I thought that he might have been holding a salami for a second.  Of course, it would only have lasted a second around the Babe, anyway.   nc