Awesome Babe Ruth Video

I found this linked over at the insane asylum... I mean... Bernie's Pressbox.

This must have been a bomb that he hit. Look at the where the fans in the top row are looking as The Babe rounds first base.

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It’s so hard, sometimes, to visualize players swinging viciously when all we have of them is bad-perspective/low-quality footage, but that swing, from about-to-retire 1935 Babe Ruth, looks totally modern.

by DanUpBaby on Feb 4, 2010 4:31 AM EST reply actions

It does.

He really clobbered that ball.

"Forget it, spants. It's Chinatown." - tom s.

by spants on Feb 4, 2010 12:36 PM EST up reply actions

I wonder how far that actually went

some of those people are staring out, instead of down.

Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka

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by mattyfrommo on Feb 4, 2010 12:44 PM EST up reply actions

It looks like it went out.

Absolutely stunning footage.

"Forget it, spants. It's Chinatown." - tom s.

by spants on Feb 4, 2010 12:50 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, I am sure it went out.

Too many people looking out of the park. But it doesn’t look like they are looking straight down, so that puppy might have cleared the wall easily. Or I might be too enthusiastic, the second time it looks like some are looking straight down.

Oh, and I love the reaction from the third base coach. He just froze up looking out to RF.

Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka

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by mattyfrommo on Feb 4, 2010 12:59 PM EST up reply actions

That really reminds me of lance berkman

left handed overweight white incredible athletes all look alike to me
in my defense there’s only, like, five throughout history

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by YesWeOquendo on Feb 4, 2010 3:07 PM EST reply actions

Adam Dunn?

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Feb 9, 2010 6:26 PM EST up reply actions

That is a very small ballpark

Sure Ruth had power, but if today’s players played in stadiums like that 1. Fans would die 2. There would be home runs hit by every player in the line-up. I sware I see 348 on the left center field wall.

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by NBAFAN8 on Feb 5, 2010 4:06 PM EST reply actions