Old Footage of Ruth Discovered...
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Oct 9, 2009 10:21 AM PDT
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PrintMaybe the timing of this post is a bit off considering we are currently eating, sleeping, and dreaming of playoff victory against the Beantown Sux. However, as my only connection to a community of true baseball fans I thought this could be appreciated by everyone here at HH.
The NY Times reported yesterday the discovery of old video footage of Babe Ruth and the original, old Yankees stadium. Believed to be from 1928, the short footage includes, amongst other things, Ruth striking out and then leaning on his bat like a cane while arguing with the ump. Super grainy but pretty cool for anyone that is a fan of baseball.
Also, check out centerfield. 480 FEET!!!! (I dont even think Torii's homerun last night would have made it out at that length!)
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That's pretty neat, thanks for sharing BHM
NA, #34 SP, LAA
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More Howie please...
is there a pole in the middle of CF?
at 11 seconds
That'll only happen if that one prospect is the second coming of Christ and redemption for mankind can only be achieved by smacking many balls out of the yard.
-The Limey
wow, did not even process that
my bad
That'll only happen if that one prospect is the second coming of Christ and redemption for mankind can only be achieved by smacking many balls out of the yard.
-The Limey
by anaheim angels on Oct 10, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Was the stadium also used for football or other sports?
maybe something to help them transition sport to sport easier?
That'll only happen if that one prospect is the second coming of Christ and redemption for mankind can only be achieved by smacking many balls out of the yard.
-The Limey
by anaheim angels on Oct 10, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Was the stadium also used for football or other sports?
maybe something to help them transition sport to sport easier?
That'll only happen if that one prospect is the second coming of Christ and redemption for mankind can only be achieved by smacking many balls out of the yard.
-The Limey
by anaheim angels on Oct 10, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes to football games
Yankee Stadium was host to numerous college football games back in the day. Remember, it wasn’t until the 1960s that the NFL was anywhere near as popular as college ball, so you’d get a lot of classic Notre Dame-Army and Army-Navy type matchups, games that drews tens of thousands. When my dad was a plebe at West Point in the early ‘50s, he said he attended 2 games at Yankee Stadium, both football. Not sure when they stopped doing it, but I’m guessing it was sometime between the early ’50s and ’60s.
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