Opening of the Baseball Hall of Fame with Babe Ruth and Cy Young

[@johncassani6780]

My grandfather was there that day. It was his 15th birthday. His father had played semi-pro ball back in the teens, and was a huge baseball fan, and brought the whole family from Boston for the occasion. Somewhere, I have a commemorative coin from that day.

[@tednguyen7258]

now u can watch the reall babe ruth shohei ohtani....your grandaddy watched a made up hero...the blacks would of kicked his ass

[@larrywalker6105]

It was wonderful to see Cy Young talking. Was from another age.

[@MrAitraining]

Wow. Footage of Cy Young speaking. Great vid.

[@zacharydevan4107]

Thank you youtube for making sure films like this aren't lost.

[@Grizzlied555]

BABE IS THE GREATEST BASEBALL PLAYER EVER!

[@underrated7725]

Man, this is like watching a beautiful movie. I love baseball and the players from the golden age.

[@jeffreykozinski4585]

I love this feature because you get a chance to hear Cy Young and Eddie Collins. Remember they played in a time you didnt hear them. Just watched them on black and white film.

[@walker1984]

It was pretty grainy film if you can find deadball era film from when they played

[@glevy17]

Greatest vacations I ever had was going to Cooperstown. Obviously for the baseball but when we got there it was the nicest and most respectful places I’d ever been to. Everyone, from shops and restaurants to the people walking down the street. All smiles and very friendly. Just a magical place to visit.

[@jiwbink]

ALMOST HALLOWED GROUND..

[@victormarrotti2575]

We have driven to Cooperstown many times from Pittsburgh, PA. It is always a thrill to visit

[@BrandoninOrlando]

Such a honor to even watch this video of some of these men and hear there words

[@victormarrotti2575]

Babe Ruth is the Greatest player ever

[@ericselvig5808]

Congratulations to Ruth, Johnson, Cobb and Wagner for becoming the first members of the Hall of Fame, sorry for Mathewson that he couldn't live to be inducted.

[@carmine4878]

Eric Selvig who gives a fuck

[@ericselvig5808]

I do because I'm a fan of Hall of Famers no matter dead or alive. Respect people please

[@sce2aux464]

Christy Mathewson was the kind of man mothers and fathers dream about for their daughters.

[@jtleon7086]

Thanks I was just going to Google the 1st class HOF

[@TheBatugan77]

@@carmine4878 Knock it off. Now, mister.

[@luishumbertovega3900]

Was there in July 2019 for Edgar, Mariano, Harold, Mussina, Lee Smith & Doc's induction, the best weekend of my life, nothing compares to being in that charming village surrounded by people from so many countries, thousands of fans of the greatest sport ever invented, with so much love in their hearts for their Baseball idols and for the game itself. The only problem is that a weekend wasn't enough, I want to go back. Blessings from San Juan PR !!! ⚾

[@andrewmcgill9544]

How is mussina a hall of famer lol

[@luishumbertovega3900]

@@andrewmcgill9544 Simple, 270 victories pitching all his career for two of the teams of the East Division, the toughest of the AL, and being one of the most reliable pitchers of his era, that's how.

[@jiwbink]

LUIS, WHAT A GREAT COMMENT!

[@luishumbertovega3900]

@@jiwbink Do not know if you mean my visit to Cooperstown or Mussina's defense but Thank You, either way !

[@TheBatugan77]

​@@andrewmcgill9544 You lol. Because you're stupid ol.

[@thetimetraveler5319]

The freaking hall of fame!

[@aprilporter5663]

Babe ruth brother we love you thanks for being a hero for many children God bless you always and your family around the world

[@jbjoeychic]

April Porter..Amen Babe Ruth was a hero to many many children tens of thousands of children he would sign autographs for hours and hours and as long as there were kids waiting he would sign for them. Visiting sick children in hospitals knowing they would not live past a few months and he would give them a smile and in return he said he learned what true bravery and courage was like when he saw it in the eyes of a nine year old with terminal Cancer. The Babe was an orphan whose own mom and dad gave him away to live in an orphanage. It makes his parents seem bad, but the Babe was in a word Incorrigible. He never listened to his dad and always misbehaved. At 5 years old he would cuss at every adult he saw, including cops, using language that would shock even sailors. His dad owned a bar and young Georgie learned all these words in the worst part of Baltimore. He was a very bad kid, a very very messed up kid. It took the hard discipline of a tall no nonsense priest to tan his hide but real good. Everytime he misbehaved he got it on the back side and firm. Brother Matthias believed what the Bible said..."if you spare the rod you will spoil the child." "Discipline drives the spoiled rottenness far way from a child." Finally..."if you Love your child you will discipline him, if you hate your child you will not discipline them." Babe Ruth is a living example of targeted discipline with Love. Of course once he became 18 years old and all the excess of money it was like a child in a candy store with no rules so the Babe went nuts spending money and having sex with hundreds of women. He did that for many years and divorced his first wife, actually just abandoned her but his second wife straightened him out and was a very good wife for the Babe until he passed away at 54 from Cancer. A storybook Life as the world's greatest Baseball player and this truly can be said without argument or debate when you factor that his first full five years in MLB was as a great Lefty pitcher winning bigtime games in the world series. While he pitched in his 4 at bats he was the best hitter on the team on that day. So he pitched every 4th game and played RF the other times and was a great hitter. Once the Yankees got him in 1920 he hit 59 home runs and changed the game of Baseball forever. Truly an incredible man.

[@baberRuth]

@@jbjoeychic still played Santa while ravaged by the big C.

[@brandocalrissian3294]

Why is he a hero? Because he was a drunk who ate like crap and treated women terribly?

[@RRaquello]

Cy Young would live 16 more years after this. He was already a five year veteran of the Big Leagues when Babe Ruth was born and would outlive him by seven years which shows life on the farm might not be as much fun as the wild city life, but it sure is a lot better for your health.

[@TheBatugan77]

Any fan who hasn't been here... owes it to themselves to get here at least once!

[@Lava1964]

Yes. It's a bit off the beaten path. You don't get there by accident. Once a baseball fan gets to Cooperstown, It's a great place. It's worth a long, long visit.

[@philiptucci2458]

The greatest baseball players of all time that made the sport famous

[@DouglasHauser-wd1uo]

Such amazing players.

[@tycobb5452]

What a moment!

[@capanson6251]

yes.

[@superchitownhustler]

What's up Denton?

[@mosesMaimon1]

wow, what an amazing video, to see all those legendary baseball players come to life. thank you for posting this

[@Margio182]

Yes thanks

[@robertohinojosa7157]

Great footage. Love baseball and its history.

[@baseballhall]

Take a trip back in time to June 12, 1939 as the Hall of Fame is dedicated in Cooperstown. #HOF75

[@patearly9492]

Fantastic historical moment! Thank you for sharing and God bless all Baseball fans and everyone

[@paleo704]

What a treasure this video is. Thank you for posting

[@chiefleapinglizard4740]

This was incredible.

[@garyfaught3769]

Was there in 1995 a few months after Mickey Mantle passed. Only wish my Grandfather could have been with me. The stories he could tell about those guys from his time.

[@gregoryadkins2213]

To many in the picture,the original 5-Ty Cobb,Babe Ruth,Honus Wagner,Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson.Those are the true Hall Of Famers

[@THECLARENCES]

Cy Young was 40 years old at the time of his speech. xoxo The Clarences

[@Grizzlied555]

He was older than any 40.

[@THECLARENCES]

@@Grizzlied555 Thanks!!! xoxo The Clarences

[@danielowens7610]

Babe is the greatest player of all time. People like to argue that he couldn’t play today yada yada yada. But that’s not how you judge the greatest. You look at how good they were during the time they played because that’s the only fair way to judge it. And in that case it’s not even close, he is the greatest.

[@roccomarchegiano5990]

Greats like Ruth could play and succeed in any era.

[@lloydkline1518]

@Janelle Dunn babe ruth got homeruns records: hitting records & records off the baseball field like eating hotdogs beers ; woman etc etc

[@tednguyen7258]

they didnt allow black or international players than...babe ruth was a joke

[@lloydkline1518]

@@tednguyen7258 satchel paige balk the baseball ;; like harlem globetroller vs NBA basketball league late 1940s

[@victormarrotti2575]

@@tednguyen7258 How many white players were in the Negro leagues ? It goes both ways. Remember that buster !

[@Daniel-me1tw]

This was amazing⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾

[@chiefleapinglizard7502]

The greatest of the great.

[@jiwbink]

WISH WE COULD SEE HIGHLIGH REEL/BLOOPER REELS FROM THAT ERA.. CAN'T START TO IMAGINE!

[@moviefone2647]

This is awesome.Loved seeing it.

[@cubeweaver]

What s treasure footage!

[@MisterBourgolini]

Denton True Young and George Herman Ruth Jr., two guys that are still talked about in baseball today.

[@Mister-Mayhem37]

Ty Cobb is the greatest baseball player of all time!!!!💯

[@GeorgeYoung-uh5by]

This is when the Hall of Fame was the Hall of Fame. Now it's the Hall of pretty good

[@jerrybrownell3633]

Hard to believe that Cy Young was not one of the original charter members of the HOF.

[@loissimmons6558]

They couldn't all go in on the first ballot. Hard to argue against Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson being the greatest pitchers up to that time. Young had to wait a year. (As did Tris Speaker behind Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth in the outfield; Nap Lajoie behind Honus Wagner in the infield.) Grover Cleveland "Pete" Alexander had to wait two years and was the only player voted in the class of 1938. Perhaps the wait was related to his drinking as the player's character was supposed to be a factor. One of the greatest hitters ever (a pair of seasons over .400) and also one of the best fielding first basemen ever, George Sisler, had to wait until 1939.

[@elizabethfreelan8247]

I agree!

[@jerrybrownell3633]

@@loissimmons6558 -Denton True "Cy" Young preceded Matthewson and Johnson and is the all time leader in wins. There is a strong case for him being among the inaugural inductees. And as great as Christy and Walter were there are no major awards named after them.

[@loissimmons6558]

@@jerrybrownell3633 It's the age old argument of how important is longevity. Young was also the all time leader in losses. And it should be noted that the award named after him did not occur until about 45 years after his career was over. The HOF voting was only about 25 years after his career ended, 20 years after Mathewson's career ended and less than 10 years after Johnson's ended. Those voters would have been more familiar with having seen all three pitch. In particular they would have seen Johnson pitch in the more hitter friendly lively ball era. I'm sure many people also voted for Young on the first ballot, but just not enough to get him in until a year later. The consensus was that Young may have had the quantity, but Johnson and Mathewson had better quality. And there are many who have not made the Hall on their first ballot. It seems to me looking back on all the years I have been a baseball fan that we are more obsessed with first ballot than we were years ago. 50 years ago or so when I was a teenager, players were honored just to be selected. And that first vote in particular had to be intense, to pick the top players of 60+ years of baseball history. No players today have to compete to that extent. No voters today have to choose among so many candidates.

[@TheBatugan77]

@@jerrybrownell3633 No major awards means diddly-squat.

[@nibiruplanetx784]

The Babe-Best ever in any sport!#1

[@lloydkline6946]

❤babe ruth my hero, master homerun hitter

[@brandocalrissian3294]

You are so incredibly wrong. He is the most overrated player ever in any sport. There is no way he could play in todays game.

[@OnTheGoWithNgongo]

Ruth, Willie Mays(RIP), Bonds, Tedd Williams, Hank Aaron those are my top 5 best ever

[@willdrucker4291]

Gonna be there this summer for the first time…it's been a dream of mine since my childhood……can't wait

[@roygbiv330]

this is the first time i watched mr. cy young moving and talking. it must have been that he was a modern day player playing in the 19th century. what a surprising record 511!

[@sirhcffoh294]

So cool to hear the voices of humans born in the 1860’s.

[@ExclusiveLM]

Unfortunately, Christy Mathewson (The Christian Gentleman) was not there for that first induction into the Hall. He died 14 years before this first Hall Of Fame Ceremony.

[@phillipgarrow2297]

It's a great tradition

[@waynejohanson1083]

Talk about Icons.

[@TheBatugan77]

Ruth faced Walter Johnson...as a pitcher. Beat him out for an ERA title once, too, yes he did!

[@lloydkline1518]

Wow

[@AlexPomeroy13]

I love baseball and that is a awesome and cool

[@gokinsmen]

Nobody in the first HOF class got 100% of the vote. Cobb was tops with 98%. Ruth and Honus Wagner got 95%. Someone actually thought: "Babe is good, but he's not first-ballot good."

[@joshct9426]

Great video wow

[@drinkinbuddy8264]

AWESOME!

[@tylersherratt4466]

Imagine a crowd actually paying attention and not at least half the people looking down on a screen......

[@GoDawgs18]

Baseball is amazing. Thankfully this year I got to see Braves win the World Series

[@greylanders6101]

When men were real men All talent, no roids.

[@Grizzlied555]

👍😁

[@nynomad7625]

that's where the All~Star game should played

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Babe Ruth created the casual suit look when he forgot to pack a 👔.

[@RealLadell]

From 2001~2004 Bonds did the unthinkable. Those numbers would be difficult to duplicate in a video game that’s why in my opinion he’s the best ever

[@brandocalrissian3294]

Steroids are great aren't they?

[@manopach378]

Whoa and I am here for this project I am doing And this video was uploaded in 2013 Thank you Man

[@deadlyoneable]

Howd you do on that project?

[@TheBatugan77]

I love Eddie Collins' modesty, 'I'd be glad to be a batboy' for this team.

[@jacksmith5692]

You can hear the Ivy League education of Eddie Collins. He's a polished speaker.

[@MrAitraining]

Yep and was smart enough not be in on the 1919 fix with the white sox.

[@scottaznavourian7617]

@@MrAitraining yoo bad as a front office giy he wasnt smart enough to intergrate the redsox

[@TheBatugan77]

@@scottaznavourian7617 He was hardly unique. The bastard commissioner in this footage would have forbade it.

[@rayjr62]

And a racist piece of shit, too.

[@jacksmith5692]

@@rayjr62 Haven't read what Collins feelings were. I know his boss Tom Yawkey was no doubt but today we also see alot of reverse racism or Biden is a racist and the media looks the other way so with all the phony media outrage and ignoring all the reverse racism like how Condi Rice was treated by the democrats there is only one conclusion. Many people suck and many are full of sh*t.

[@tombystander]

Lol. Those 2 names r so iconic

[@ernestmartinelli9604]

Babe Ruth had class, and he was in a class all by himself above all, including over the great deflator Tom Brady.

[@luv2bbq]

How on earth was cy young not in the original 5 entering the hall of fame? What an embarrassment and slap in the face to a guy whose win record will never ever ever be beaten.

[@rockinyouallnight]

Little known fact: Fred Mertz was based on Cy Young.

[@ironman0917]

Shoeless Joe Jackson belongs in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

[@Alien-eg4tl]

No he does not

[@brandocalrissian3294]

Why? What did he accomplish that makes him worthy?

[@tombystander]

Cy young was born 1867, 2 years after the civil war ended. Insanity

[@jerrybrownell3633]

Walter Johnson and Christy Matthewson were elite pitchers but neither one had an Award named after them. Young was in the second induction class of 1937.

[@ACD1994]

Walter Johnson the GOAT.

[@peterreddragon]

Where can I watch the movie other than in the hall?

[@arlichar11]

its a crazy concept, that these guys were and have been for a very long time highly regarded , as baseball was a big deal, and now its nearly dead ...and theres so much BS involved still...the hall isnt what it used be, and its odd that we care so much about past players.... most of us never saw play

[@stumarston6812]

00:46 Who is that standing in front of Babe to his right?

[@TheBatugan77]

Me.

[@CyanideSublime]

Babe Ruth - Baseball Michael Jordan - Basketball Wayne Gretzky - Hockey Tiger Woods - Golf ??? - Football

[@mannyg1750]

Brett Favre

[@brandocalrissian3294]

Babe Ruth is far from the greatest baseball player ever. I would put hank Aaron, Willie mays. Ken griffey jr., ichiro and even shohei ohtani over him. Ruth is overrated and it's all because he hit a bunch of Homer's off 80 mph fastballs 100 years ago. Dude wouldn't even be a bat boy in todays game.

[@pedromoronta5025]

Leyends of Leyends!!

[@TheBatugan77]

Babe Ruth broke into pro baseball TODAY... April 22, 1914, with the Baltimore Orioles, of the International League.

[@terminat1]

On this date, rather.

[@TheBatugan77]

@@terminat1 Mind your own fkn business.

Their induction was in 1936.

[@youarerightboss]

Cobb was the FIRST player to be inducted into the BBHOF. Ty Cobb, the BEST baseball player to ever live.

[@TheBatugan77]

Babe Ruth > Ty Cobb

[@HankFinkle11]

Joe Jackson belongs in the HOF.

[@trendsports3136]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@TheBatugan77]

The first five... Mt. Rushmore.

[@DouglasHauser-wd1uo]

👍😁

[@multiyapples]

Oh.

[@patrickmosley8634]

Big gang ok luv

[@ObsessedCollector]

Ruth saved the game after the whole Black Sox scandal. Where would baseball be without him, Gherig, Mantle, Ryan and the many other greats??

[@HankFinkle11]

Not really true.

[@larryhatcher8927]

I remember as a kid, this would have been the trip of a lifetime. These days? Less so.......The HOF is more about politics these days

[@richardcoreno]

MLB has a Field of Dreams that isn't from a work of fiction and its movie adaptation -- Doubleday Field.

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

Who wouldn't want a middle name "Mountain" - MLB commissioner 😃

[@TheBatugan77]

Hank Hill?

[@cyyoung3106]

I got inducted three years later!

[@nibiruplanetx784]

Your memory has left you,Denton.You went in in 1937,one year later.You should have been the first pitcher inducted,however.

[@TheBatugan77]

@@nibiruplanetx784 He's right. No one was inducted till 1939. That's what this film depicts.

[@23ofSeptember]

0:34 Wow, is that Jeff Daniels?

[@thesolomind]

let joe jackson in

[@doughendricks7332]

Wow, back when people were skinny - except Babe Ruth.

[@keithhyttinen8275]

And that's important why?

[@TheBatugan77]

@@keithhyttinen8275 Because I SAY so, douche.

[@nynomad7625]

Back when Baseball was about the game, not politics... it was romantic

[@tylerlopez4815]

bro shut up

[@stevencowart-ud7ds]

Back when blacks couldn't play

[@segaboy70bf]

is it true they did call the babe ruth becoz he was about love and repentance like nomei truth and pretty

[@lindamarsella4743]

Not one photo of the greatest living player?? Voted by the Hall in 1969... JOE DIMAGGIO

[@TheBatugan77]

No. So what?

[@patricklaurojr7427]

Geez Cy young looks 70 yrs old and this is 1940s

[@bendagostino1324]

THERE WAS ONLY ONE "BABE"

[@brainscott8198]

Cy Young...511 wins...chew on that.

[@brainscott8198]

@Allen Asherton thx..

[@dannywallace4905]

To water down today. God damn shame

[@jaymuise6924]

Babe who

[@roccomarchegiano5990]

Babe Ruth, best ever.

[@jaymuise6924]

@@roccomarchegiano5990 Best beer drinker biggest beer belly

[@roccomarchegiano5990]

@@jaymuise6924 .342/714/2,214/2,174/.690/

[@lloydkline1518]

@@roccomarchegiano5990 ❤️ babe ruth:: my hero ; babe ruth wouldve chewup satchel paige fastball & other pitches

[@dewalt4594]

Pete Rose should of been one of these guys

[@toddpurvis9621]

Agreed. Plus Shoeless Joe.

[@Rick_King]

Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe belong in, Barry Bonds nowhere near.