Babe Ruth Became Baseball's Greatest Player on Beer & Hot Dogs

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Babe Ruth doesn't make any sense. Not just because of his eye-popping numbers, but because he performed better than possibly every baseball player before or since with a near total disregard for his own self-care by modern standards.
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[@trainguy7276]

So if I become an Alcoholic, I can hit 50+ Homers a season? Sweet!

[@CodeineAbdulJabbar]

Yes, exactly

[@m0639]

@@CodeineAbdulJabbar no Bc babe Ruth is babe Ruth and you would just be a pathetic drunk

[@notaspy1227]

Only if you become a “Functional Alcoholic” maybe.

[@jknox1543]

And if you mix it with coke you can steal 50+ bases

[@pullt]

Do you have top tier visual acuity and pitch recognition processing power? Without that, even a perfect body and mechanics are meaningless.

[@cesarferreira2564]

Not only is Ruth the greatest ever, he’s also arguably the most important and easily the most mythologized player to ever live. First and foremost, let’s not forget that he completely altered the course of history - both in the sport, and especially for the Yanks and Red Sox. No other individual player has had as much of an impact on multiple teams, let alone one. Ruth was the first baseball player to generate such intense scrutiny and public interest. Hell, during World War II, Japanese soldiers would yell, “To hell with Babe Ruth”, to get under the skin of American troops. More books have been written about Ruth than any other Hall of Famer. Since Ruth’s playing days, ballparks have been built to supplement offense and home runs. I could go on, but I think I’ve definitely made my point. Ruth is the greatest ever.

[@apexsensation]

And don't forget, the media covered up his exploits to elevate his status as a hero for the kids!

[@mystermysterio5348]

YES" The Babe was the Greatest Player in Baseball

[@gregrush3024]

Ditto for Mantle.

[@briankleinschmidt3664]

He used a club for a bat and when you throw the pitch, you better duck. He also had the strikeout title and walked quite a lot when the intentional walk was not a thing.

[@joegonzales1932]

The only problem with this format is that your voice is a bit muffled from the mask so your not as clear as you usually would be.

[@vitoepic5329]

“The balls were so sus back then.”

[@hyzercreek]

2:15 "Behind the bag! It gets through Buckner and the Mets win it"

[@drucexx]

interesting choice in content switch. not gonna say i don’t like it, just gonna say it’s definitely different.

[@VianoMusicAcademy]

This video has no dislikes, so yeah, pretty good stuff!

[@goober5713]

It's cause KZbin doesn't show the number of dislikes anymore cause you know "feelings".

[@VianoMusicAcademy]

@@goober5713 yeah, it’s brutal

[@_will795]

Ahhh. The Babe

[@kheelsWRLD]

Baby Ruth

[@theosolomon9948]

Bruh I'm a red sox fan and the only question I have IS WHY A FUCKING MUSICAL FOR BABE RUTH

[@BennyintheBoothPodcast]

Also how do u do vids w all that on ur face

[@jgrullon32]

Pause in the beginning.

[@notaspy1227]

Nice, can’t wait till Senior Ruth’s video…

[@SouthboundStill]

Real face reveal doe?

[@Georgew2777]

Why dont you show your face

[@davidtourtellot3120]

Not really a fan of the new style

[@bangsaenguy]

Silly. Could not watch

[@RetroBaseball]

“Boring is not epic” is now officially the greatest quote in the history of mankind.

[@StarkRavingSports]

correct

[@davidmartinez52420]

You just triggered some Cardinals fans...lol

[@smokeymchaggis73]

One of the craziest things to me with Ruth and HRs is during his "on" seasons he was hitting 20+ more HRs than anyone else. In 28 he hit 30 more than anyone. It wasnt till 1929-30 that the rest of baseball started to catch up. He retired in 1935 only a year removed from being #1 or 2 in HRs for a decade. Dude was a beast.

[@RealBlueony]

The funny thing is, at least late in is career, one of the 2 men who could legitimately stand up to him in HR totals most years was his also legendary teammate, Lou Gehrig. Many years he and the Babe were #1-#2 in the HR race; in fact, in 1931, they tied for the lead at 46. In 1927 when Babe hit 60 Gehrig was in the race most of the year and finished at 47. Lou Gehrig is honestly a bit underrated IMO.

[@FlyingDwarfman]

@@RealBlueony And that's saying something considering that he is also a 1st ballot HOFer.

[@smokeymchaggis73]

@Alien Footprints Dont be pedantic. I rounded up for the sake of conversation. smh

[@BlueSkyCrystals]

@@RealBlueonyNo way Gehrig is underrated. He is as well known and lauded as any great hitter from that time.

[@wvu05]

​@@BlueSkyCrystals He's well known, but he's probably the greatest first baseman to ever play the game, and he's sadly more known for his end than his remarkable play.

[@pranavarora9976]

The selling him to fund the musical is kinda an urban myth. Ruth was sold more so because he kept asking for more and more money and also because the owner thought his partying and alcoholism was spiralling out of control. The money the owner got in return for him just happened to be spent on a musical. Also, ironically, Babe was the first player to do an off season conditioning program with a personal trainer. After a lean 1925 season in which he suffered from illness, Ruth worked with boxing coach Artie Mcgovern to get in better shape. He was the only one doing this at the time because he was rich af and the only one who could afford it, with the other players having to work odd jobs during the offseason to make do.

[@QuixEnd]

Thank God. There's alooooooot of big commentary channels that get basic facts wrong multiple times every video. Everyone just wants a big channel.. gotta churn out that content

[@warlordofbritannia]

I thought that myth died off years ago, hardly anyone gets in wrong if they do a modicum of research (thanks Glenn Stout)

[@i.willacceptfood9352]

Ruth hit 60 home runs swinging a 54oz bat in an era when the pitching mound was 15 in (not 10), the strike zone was letters to knees, the ball was dead, and banned substances were common. Hell spitballs we’re legal for the first 7 years of his career. Best stat of all time is Babe Ruth leading baseball with 54 home runs in 1920, 2nd place was George Sisler, with 19. Babe is the GOAT.

[@gregrush3024]

Bat collector here. Ruth used a 54 oz bat prior to 1920. In 1921 he went with a 42 oz bat that he continued to use until late '20's when he went to a 35-38 oz bat. I have an R2, R34 and an R43. Modern bats mostly spring from the R43.

[@reaction1175]

Bro I love the video even though I feel like I’m getting mugged while watching it, keep up the great work!

[@northstarjakobs]

POV: the guy mugging you goes off on a tangent about baseball history and you kind of just stand there and let him

[@the_mike_essen_show2484]

Babe Ruth is by far the GOAT. Ruth being a Incredible hitter and pitcher would be equivalent to Lawrence Taylor being a Great Linebacker, not if he were also a Great Running Back

[@danplewnarz]

The original Zack Greinke, not just because of the pitching and the dingers, but all the partying was masking depression, according to biographers. He never got over getting dumped at the orphanage, that's why there are so many stories of him visiting kids in the hospital, he never trusted adults again. Plus, there are rumors his real dad was Mexican or Indigenous, he definitely had darker skin and there was a press release written by the Yankees that assured fans this was due to all his extra outfield practice (which, he obviously never did).

[@adder95]

Zack Greinke could've been the Babe Ruth of baseball

[@jonathanzuckerberg8850]

It's also rumored that part of the reason Ruth never became a manager is that he was friendly with Negro league players and people inside baseball feared he might integrate the game is he became manager

[@andrethegiant2877]

He was a natural. Every generation gets a few of them. He's simply the best natural of all time. And people think he was obese, he was 6'1" 220lbs. That's not obese, big in the 20s/30s but not obese.

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

This is one of the reasons you have to compare withon eras. He might have been healthier if he played today. Though he did get in shape in a few seasons. Basically 3 times he lost weight and managed to hold it together. Then he hit 59 and 60 home runs.

[@RealBlueony]

See, the thing about Babe Ruth and his habits with regards to his habits: he wasn't alone in them in his career, especially early on, even if he was the best. Plenty of baseball players in this day, and especially earlier, were known to not work out much and drink, party, and not take care of themselves. For every Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby who worked as hard as they could to win at any cost, you had a Babe Ruth, or even a Paul Waner, who while not as good as Ruth, was a legend in Pittsburgh in the 20s and 30s, and had over 3000 hits. He also would get drunk after games all the time. So I opine this: Babe Ruth came into baseball at the perfect time to not only change the game forever, to not only become a cultural icon, but for his lifestyle to be tolerated.

[@qfmarsh64]

Hack Wilson hit .356 with 56 HR and 191 RBI for the Cubs in 1930, and may have been on a giant bender the whole season.

[@rockaway0beach]

One of my favorite quotes from YT baseball prays: "Baseball isn't really a sport. it's more of an excuse to get really messed up"

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

​@@qfmarsh64You beat me to it. Supposedly he also had fetal alcohol syndrome.

[@ryancarroll1697]

Love the suit. Also, "boring is not epic" is my new favorite quote

[@GeorgeYoung-uh5by]

Body builder GiancarloStanton looks 10 times better then Babe Ruth yet Babe was 10 times better hitter. It proves doesn't matter how you look

[@DRay210]

Highkey used to love Baby Ruth candy bars.

[@NoUploadJustComment]

Good video idea, but the camera setup needs work. It was kind of distracting from the (otherwise interesting) content. If you don't want to be seen on camera then don't go in front of a camera.

[@jpmnky]

Love the whole “coming’ to rob ya” look. Keep it up bro.

[@davidmartinez52420]

Little known fact for most: The Chicago White Stockings was the original name of the Chicago Cubs and then became the name of the second Chicago team which came around in 1900. So not only are the White Sox the secondhand team in Chicago, but they also adopted a name secondhand to solidify their secondhand existence.

[@MustardTiger75]

“I am the liquor.” - Jim Leyhey

[@biblebill6206]

He hit some 500 ft shots without steroids and weight lifting . Unbelievable .

[@philmaio2335]

I got a wawa sandwhich ad the moment you talked about his physical care 😂

[@eliyahuzidele721]

Crazy that him and Lou Gehrig were on the same team and had totally opposite personalities

[@MarkTooGreat]

We know it's you Peter Parker, take off your mask. Babe Ruth deserves the respect

[@HercuLync]

Wow. This video is really bad. The host is really trying to be funny.

[@tigercap100]

Di Hank Greenberg. Jewish. Lost best years to WW2

[@mashokaise6881]

God showed up. He just happened to die of cancer later. . .

[@colinmatthew6195]

Nice. Cool vid. Happy I clicked. Would watch again. Very cool. Thanks.

[@benturner5378]

I prefer the videos without a face cam, but I don’t mind if you keep this style

[@patrickjspoon]

Keep up the format, I like the idea of Sports In The Shadows like Todd with music!

[@scottnotpilgrim]

So what you're saying he was a freak of nature

[@StarkRavingSports]

yeah pretty much

[@BaseballAF]

lol what an intro more like an eye-cam good stuff

[@JusiAlayco]

Baby ruth is the goat

[@unkledoda420]

The end of the dead ball era was 1919/20. Babe Ruth hitting HR's was not the cause of the end of the era. It was the rule changes in 1920 that outlawed spitballs and purposefully scuffing and damaging the balls pre-game to give them more movement. The rules were changed because a guy got beaned in the head by a pitch and died. Balls were also required to be switched out for a new ball much more frequently. Another reason for more HR after the dead ball era was that throughout the late 1910's owners were beginning to realize that fans liked seeing players hit HR so by 1920 smaller ballparks we're being built and the outfield fence in the older ballparks was moved to distances that are more comparable now. Before that there were parks that were well over 500 feet to center field. Babe Ruth wasn't hitting many HR before these changes either. From 1915-17 he had between 100-150 plate appearances each year, the most HR he hit was 4. In 1918 he had just under 400 plate appearances and hit 11. So Babe wasn't the cause of the dead ball era ending, he was just the first to take advantage of it ending. And he helped inspire other hitters to change their approach to the game and start "swinging for the fences".

[@warlordofbritannia]

Also the quality of yarn was better after WWI

[@luksaantono2311]

Real heckin’ attitude brother. Dig it!

[@jemmemccann2952]

It takes a special person to pull off a ski mask AND a bandanna.

[@Jerrod_Johnson]

"Baby Ruth" idk I just want likes tbh

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

It's not that mysterious. He was naturally a great athlete: strong as heck with superb hand eye. He'd been playing tons of baseball since a kid, which gave him great "baseball" conditioning. And he was still a young man and could get away with a lot of rough living. It did catch up to him in 25, and he had to get I together to comeback strong. Mantle was similarly reckless, but he had the bad luck to accumulate injuries, which Ruth very luckily avoided. Yet, Mantle didn't lose his plate prowess either. So no big mystery about Ruth. In modern play, though, he probably wouldn't get away with it.

[@cheflos]

Baby Ruth like the candy bar

[@bearsreview5389]

why can’t we see ur face

[@emac7050]

Baby ruth, like the candy bar

[@Seho2024]

Bet you wont pin this

[@rolandotavarez255]

Next video: Ty Cobb

[@wwpjd28]

I enjoyed this video. Plenty of funny and informative bits and I could tell you were having fun and cared about what you were talking about, which always makes these video essays better.

[@t-roy4206]

Baby ruth

[@Tyson_Copeland]

Babe Ruth career is like some average joe travel back in time and just hit baseballs for fun

[@QuixEnd]

Players have just gotten so much better each decade. Well, not including the roid days and before pitchers became bionic rpm Canons

[@philipheidt]

Baby Ruth

[@DefectiveDevice]

Baby Ruth. ADR the thing of the mask is staying. It’s distracting to hear baseball facts through a sock.

[@HufflepuffBaseball42313]

I thought the play story was an Antisemitic hoax against Harry Frazee by a writer.

[@dashpratt4097]

We can hear you bro😂….Why keep cutting back to you sitting and talking 😂 wtf

[@bobbyhall7472]

It was a different era mist players had jobs outside of baseball and married by 16 and got three kids already.😂

[@elfuego233]

Make a video on who’s the greatest off all time

[@adrianbautista2308]

Is that a microwave on your dresser?

[@FicoCS2]

Na it's a storage container with 4 draws lol

[@JeremyWaldrop-ls2pn]

Babe did it on 🍺n🌭Hank did it with class now Barry how did u do it? 💊

[@jehovahuponyou]

SEE, EVEN BANK-ROBBERS LOVE BABE RUTH!!!!!!! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PS - GOOD VIDEO!!!!!!!

[@turkeyandswiss2980]

Why you got that stuff on your face though?

[@FicoCS2]

I enjoy my anonymity

[@jehan461]

PEACE

[@scottmitchell1974]

After 1925 and with a new wife to help him Ruth took his career very, very seriously and it shows up in the stats: From age 31-37 he put up the best such years anyone ever had. He was an insanely good 30+ year old player.

[@teessideman.8253]

Turned of 2mins of this 🔔🔚 commentary.

[@earlridleniv5110]

1. Barry Bonds 2. Ken Griffey Jr 3. Rickey Henderson

[@dowroa]

No more face cam, please. Baby Ruth. The candy bar.

[@nohaerrr]

yes

[@vitoepic5329]

Like the new style

[@rolandotavarez255]

Ruth the 🐐

[@BennyintheBoothPodcast]

It’s not a facecam if u mask ur face but like the idea

[@frankpetrone2966]

Great video and stats! Babe is the GOAT!

[@morganwright224]

Show me a man who never eats hot dogs or drinks beer

[@jimbobsportsworld9815]

"Boring is not epic" 👍

[@itzfrxd4368]

Hey u have my chair in the background

[@johnlisicich9794]

White stockings used to be cubs foo get it right son

[@edwinperez4509]

The Broadway play part was a myth

[@jamesweldon8118]

I love you forever baby Ruth

[@mikeg1433]

So he was the John Daly of baseball

[@tigershark5019]

BABY RUTH!!!!

[@dylanross8311]

Come in my room with that mask on pls

[@PrimarySweeper13]

Where’s my 50+ homers god?

[@giancarlogonzalesdelvalle5150]

The Shining SCK Film Cut

[@sampilcher7196]

Thick ol’ baby Ruth

[@mauricio3869]

Babe ruth el mejor

[@awesome346]

Jesus loves you!

[@shlomonissenbaum3750]

And women....

[@Videohotmail2]

Ive seen many Babe ruth vids, but this one was epic