Was Babe Ruth Black?

[@Ohhjoni]

Who was here for the og thumbnail💀💀💀

[@CSDonohue11]

Black Face Ruth 😂

[@Strattbatt]

💀

[@yesplease29]

I was but forgot what it looked like. 😂

[@OksureIguess]

Black face baby Ruth is mad 😂😂

[@bigpacthatseazye3462]

yup😂

[@spencershaffer447]

Only OG’s remember the old thumbnail…

[@CSDonohue11]

Tap Dancing Ruth

[@therealtombrokaw]

It was a good one

[@nickr3441]

Bot

[@legocamdude1]

We all saw the old thumbnail….

[@Athlete1990]

So? You’ll keep watching because you’re not really offended you have just grown up to accept cancel culture. Cancel culture is for the weak minded.

[@bigpacthatseazye3462]

@@Athlete1990Man you’re really upset about this aren’t you

[@sportsfansports3353]

You mean the one that sort of quoted people like Ty Cobb? Blame Ty Cobb.

[@Athlete1990]

@@bigpacthatseazye3462 I’m actually not upset about anything. I just find it hilarious that you’re trying to bully a content creator for something stupid. You’re stupid and trying to call it racist doesn’t make it racist. It just makes you stupid

[@AloysiusScrimshaw]

@@sportsfansports3353Ty Cobb called Ruth a nigger because of Ruth’s behavior… not his ethnicity… 🦈👁️

[@trojans7]

I think they kept calling Babe those slurs because he interacted with African American people, including ballplayers. Like N lover, N this N that. I say this because I saw the movie "42" and saw a lot of people would call those things to people who interacted with Jackie Robinson. That was a movie, so I would imagine it was a lot worse in real life. That's my guess.

[@KushiteComplex]

Numerous light-skinned/mixed raced Blacks passed as White throughout American history.

[@robschaller9061]

Ruth was not Italian. Even though he was called the bambino, Ruth is a GERMAN surname. You can see photos of Ruths Biological father, the family resemblance is clear

[@henrywallacesghost5883]

They called him n-lips because his lips were large. My cousin has big lips and other kids use to call him n-lips all the time.

[@Reptilianway]

We ain't forgetting the old thumbnail

[@indecision6616]

What was on the original thumbnail? The one I seen says dealt with racism.. is that what it was?

[@nickr3441]

Bot

[@SaItySauce]

@@indecision6616he just wrote the hard R verbatim in like big block text💀

[@sgabig]

@@indecision6616 6:37 shows the old thumbnail that quotes some of the racial slurs that Babe Ruth was allegedly called

[@michaelraphael2160]

Side note: a third of Babe's 714 homeruns came after the ground rule double became a rule in 1929. Before then a ball that bounced over the wall was considered a dinger.

[@wsmokr]

Thank you for reminding people,I've posted that a few times and people call me a liar.

[@elchancho8432]

Seriously??? Thats wild

[@michaelraphael2160]

@@wsmokr It's funny how people will label you a liar when there is such thing as Google. Although, the Babe did have a bunch of 450' outs before they moved the fence in to a reasonable distance. So maybe it all evens out.

[@wsmokr]

@michaelraphael2160 Yeah it does even out excluding a lot of cheap hrs he hit in YS ,Fenway,and the Polo Grounds with the rf fence very short.

[@EvSop93]

Also walk off homers didn't count unless he himself was the winning run. So if they were tied and he hit a 2 run homer to walk it off. Only the 1 run would score and it would be ruled a single.

[@SuperBucky89]

OG thumbnail gang unite 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@outrlmts1879]

Babe’s parent’s owned a Saloon bro, not a Salon 😂

[@EWE1290]

Babes parents were both from Germany also, so he’s literally the opposite of black lol

[@cindymmm11]

@@EWE1290agree

[@TheOGSticks11]

Hold on, he did say Salon. Dudes just posting shit with no thought.

[@DrJackJeckyl]

😅😅

[@channelZER01]

Black people exist in germany my guy. ​@EWE1290

[@ghost64626]

Only real fans saw the original video lol

[@Nunnayadambiness]

Only fans, you say?

[@TheAnimalWolverine]

@@Nunnayadambinesshaha 😂

[@bemoguy]

I shared this in another KZbin channel discussing this very topic! I am an American man who is Black. A friend 12 years my senior (I'm 60) told me this after talking to her about the speculation concerning his ethnicity. My friend's dad played in the Nergro Leagues, and when he was active in the Leagues as well, Ruth was seriously considering playing in the Leagues as well. He changed his mind later.

[@Grizzlied555]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha 😂😅

[@JustJoe711]

There are many Europeans with similar noses & facial features like Babe Ruth's. There's absolutely zero evidence that " The Babe " had black ancestry or DNA. (Many black people also swore (for some reason) that Beethoven was black as well but DNA testing has proven that he had zero black African ancestry and DNA)

[@owenl5385]

I’ve always assumed that babe must have been Italian or something which could explain the darker skin tone than most white people and black hair

[@orangeflaws8088]

Yeah I had also figured he was Italian

[@JustJoe711]

So now, pseudo Afrocentrics have convinced you that he was ' black ' as well?! 🙄

[@rainhawk5264]

Italian are not black.

[@rainhawk5264]

@@orangeflaws8088 Italian are not black.

[@orangeflaws8088]

@@rainhawk5264 we didn’t say Italians are black

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Babe Ruth would go to other black peoples homes for dinner .🍽 I remember meeting people that had Babe Ruth over for dinner 🍽 I saw pictures of Ruth having dinner in black folks home. And going to church with them.

[@Sebakeng]

He liked to eat.

[@Bobby-rz6dt]

I knew the last thumbnail was too much for KZbin lol

[@cambob42069]

What it look like

[@Ludzig]

​@@cambob42069 it had Babe Ruth on it and underneath it said "N****r Babe"

[@vannoy420]

It was Slave Ruth colored black in MS paint

[@SiltyCellar]

We got babe Ruth being black before gta6

[@monsterhuntingunslingers33]

The original thumbnail was 100x better!! Lol. Keep up the good work, friend. Love the videos. This was an especially interesting one

[@echocharlie23]

bro doubling down on twitter he’s cooked

[@b-rad3681]

He refuses to back down

[@Nick_828]

Yeah he’s a sexist + racebaiting, can’t accept he’s wrong and needs every excuse to be “right”. It’s a shame, he makes decent quality videos

[@iTalkStudios]

You got me!

[@LimitlessCoasters]

​@@Nick_828 what the fuck are you waffling about

[@laboon344]

​​@@iTalkStudioswhen you asked is Babe Ruth black I laughed so damn hard thank you for the good laugh

[@stephencorsaro954]

Babe was the spitting image of his father. He wasn't illegitimate. His father. Now that's the question.

[@guyfaux3978]

His mother and father were descended from German immigrants. His maternal grandmother was a prostitute and it was conjectured that Babe's mother may have been the daughter of her mother and some sort of hi-yella black man. Babe looked into the matter and concluded that his mother was the child of his grandmother and the grandmother's pimp, who was a German-American hoodlum, not black to any degree.

[@zmoney9701]

Fun fact Ted Williams was Mexican. His mother was a Mexican American and he was also a advocated for MLB to desegregation

[@outrlmts1879]

From what I understand he was also an incredibly mean SOB, at least in his older age. He did have a great relationship with/ Tony Gwynn though.

[@zmoney9701]

@@outrlmts1879 yeah he did have anger issues and sucked as a father. But he did do some good like fight in Korea and advocated for minorities.

[@The_yeffy1]

@@zmoney9701he fought in WW2 as well bro in the prime of his career

[@zmoney9701]

@@The_yeffy1 oh yeah totally forgot that he fly in Japan as well.

[@ronanmusic118]

He seemed a bit ashamed of his Mexican side too-. It’s pretty sad.

[@civil_leuthie]

Babe's dad could pass for Babe, so the illegitimate scenario is unlikely. Gerard Depardieu must be black because nose.

[@KCTV]

I’m black and white

[@NatTurnerswitBurnerz]

There's a difference between a big nose and broad nose.

[@Trick-Framed]

So when whichever sports columnist nicknamed him "Bambino" he was being racist. That makes so much more sense now. I always wondered why they used an Italian word during a time period when Italians were considered "colored".

[@cheeseweex]

The Ty Cobb quote in this video is suspect. It is accredited to Fred Lieb, a sportswriter who had previous beef with Cobb. And we all know about Cobbs recent revisionist history.

[@mysterygamermgclues8864]

This indeed.

[@realcade]

So sad Ty Cobbs legacy and name has been completely smeared by a lying scumbag

[@sonnyblack71]

Like Ty Cobb supposedly beat a black grounds keeper and his wife I think for asking for and autograph?

[@realcade]

@@sonnyblack71 it’s pretty much been proven the Ty Cobb being racist towards African Americans was debunked Cobbs close relatives were abolitionist which doesn’t completely vindicate him but theirs records of him attending Nergo league games and being a supporter of the league and players

[@flhxri]

​@@sonnyblack71Yea, that didn't happen

[@baller15g]

Ruth was a plump German. This is just KZbin slop.

[@egm07sh]

Bruhs wildin with this one 💀

[@RangersNation-qk4px]

Bro thinks he’s slick for removing that old thumbnail

[@Athlete1990]

Bot comment #2

[@nickr3441]

Bot

[@MrAntd1]

Just to let yall know a lot of mixed people passed as white back then so they wouldnt be mistreated like black people. I have people in my own blood line who chose to live as white people back in the 1920's 30's. You would be surprised how common this was. My grandparents never would talk about it. Lot of older black folks in our families didnt tell us the horror stories they went through. I dont think they wanted to re-live those nightmares. Racism ruined a lot of lives a lot of families. This is American history. Can't deny or run from it. Just dont repeat it.

[@robschaller9061]

Ruth is white. You can find photos of Ruths dad working in the Saloon they owned. The Family resemblance is crystal clear

[@AstroRayGun]

I've heard that there was a lot of people that thought this back in the day and i tried explaining to my friends about it but they didn't believe me. I could see how one could make that conclusion with his features but it's not uncommon for regular white folk to have those features either. There might be some African or Latin American blood somewhere in him. That's not impossible but he's definitely, overwhelmingly white and his mother didn't have an illegitimate child. He's copy and pasted from his father. You can't argue that at all. Anyways, European facial features vary greatly depending on region and some features can be considered more African. He probably has ancestry closer to the Mediterranean. Maybe more Eastern European genes, idk. Features aren't always a good way to judge race. I have an aunt that looks South East Asian. We're all white in my family. She just has narrow eyes and bigger lips. Our brains are just really good at pattern recognition. It doesn't mean that the pattern is indicative of race.

[@Ludzig]

Shocked he didnt start talking about skull measurements

[@thepiecreamer]

least racist red sox fan

[@KCTV]

💀

[@jayhache5609]

Insert prognathism comment here.

[@lisadc4681]

It doesn't matter if he was black or white in the least, but he looks white to me. If there is any mix look to him at all it would be American Indian or maybe Mexican more than African American. But he looks white to me. Why are people saying he was black or part black? Don't see any features at all to that effect!

[@matthewwarbington4125]

Babe ruth's parents where German but what else he could be i dont know

[@powerfulmanifestormentors]

They were questioning his wide nose lips and skin tone

[@NatTurnerswitBurnerz]

"It doesn't matter... but he looks white to me." 😂😂😂

[@lisadc4681]

@@NatTurnerswitBurnerz Well it doesn't matter! Why would it matter?? The question of the poster is "Was Babe Ruth black" so I answered whether I thought he was black or not! I could care less what his race/ ethnicity was but his skin was white, is that a problem for you or something?? Give it a rest.

[@doclew28]

Hahahahaha. Anything but black eh?? Yeah... that figures... LMFAOOO 😂 🤣 😆

[@monkiferr]

His father owned a Saloon not a salon.

[@bambino8076]

Just started watching your videos yesterday and have been absolutely hooked ever since

[@iTalkStudios]

I really appreciate that. Thank you!!

[@dominic64tblightning24]

The old thumbnail was better actually

[@ElijiahCater-xg9dq]

Just saying the hard r is better? Grow up man

[@mcdonoghrahloh459]

You ladies like that Hunh?

[@Ajay-uk6kc]

I’ve played baseball since the age of about nine years old, and I’ve never thought about this at all… And I’m black, glad I came across. It is an interesting topic.

[@mattcox3373]

The old thumbnail was goated

[@AngelChristinaaa]

All I know I’m white as can be ..Blonde hair,blue eyes& fair skin but when I did my genealogy- found out my great grandparents & all their kids were labeled as black in a 30’s census. Im still very intrigued by this however there was no info before the 30’s of any more family members and at some point the census starts counting my family as white. I really wish I could find out the mystery that is my family tree.

[@Mr.MikeBarksdale]

I think it was much less sinister if you read about it--and it is one of the reasons why Jackie Robinson wasn't really "a hero", more just a figurehead. For starters, World War II was the catalyst for the color line being broken, and it is neved talked about. Pretty much every abled body American had fought either the Germans or the Japanese, and they had seen the ugliest sides of racism, or lost someone to those ideology. This caused everyone to reevaluate their old ideals of race. It wasn't that Branch Rickey was some quaker looking to make a point for the good of society. He was just a Moneyball practitioner for his time who wanted to win, and he was like that even into the 1950s. He saw a talent pool that wasn't being used or was undervalued, and he wanted to improve his team. Having Jackie Robinson, or nine Jackie Robinsons would help any team. Second, Jackie Robinson was hardly the only athlete to experience bad words being hurled at him. If you could see baseball in the 1900s, you would be shocked. It was largely a game for poor Irish and immigrant ruffians who often brawled in the middle of games. They said horrible things to each other, and that was just par for the course. Ethnic slurs were always fair game, for EVERYONE, because, you know, up until about five minutes ago, that was the way males bonded with each other. It certainly wasn't something that kept a man like Jackie Robinson up at night. Ironically, everything you've read about Ty Cobb is probably untrue. He was the son of a lawyer who defended blacks in Georgia, and being well-educated, was probably less racist than most of his counterparts. He certainly wasn't the avowed racist Al Stump--a pure charlatan--portrayed him to be later in life. Ruth simply had the features that people associated with blacks of that time. The big lips, the large ears, the rounded face. It became an easy way to make fun of him for a competetive edge. Hell, that's why they called him Babe, he had the rounded face one associated with the name "Babe". It was actually a pretty common nickname for anyone that didn't have WASP-y, defined features. If you look at Ruth, he looks exactly like his father, who was white. As for the thumbnail picture you reference at the beginning of the show, I think it is much more likely that the people are backed away from him because photo ops of the day were much harder to come by, and also, the journalists wouldn't want the aperture crowded with other people in the photographs. It's not because he was "black".

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

Well, your comment badly needs to be pinned.

[@jayhache5609]

tl;dr

[@Sawyerdoesstuff]

I saw the video yesterday that I guess got deleted

[@arrchee8386]

Ted Williams' mom had Mexican heritage. He fully admitted he would have had 'issues' if that was publicized. I always wondered about the 2 fans coming up to Hank after 715. Thanks for letting me know!

[@D.D.-ud9zt]

He might have had less fans, but he would have been allowed to play just the same. Early in the 1900s they would try to pass off black guys as Chief so and so pretending he was native american so they could play him. So being native was fine. When the player was clearly black, the "Chief" was banned from baseball.

[@Deontelewis846]

It’s funny my great grandmother used to talk about” legends” like this. She swore until she was no longer living when she seen babe Ruth she thought he was a biracial man

[@mordsythe]

ITS BACK!!! I’m so glad you decided to repost this video.

[@sirtorndr]

Didn't the Ken Burns Baseball documentary discuss the rumors about Babe's race? Also, Babe's father owned a saloon, not a salon. They have the same French root but mean very different things in today's English.

[@albertsautter4077]

I don’t think it discusses his lineage, but it does mention that one of Ruth’s nicknames when he was young was “****er lips”

[@mmpessoa]

Yes, rewatch the Ken Burns documentary. He goes into detail about the rumors of Babe being black. Also, there are interviews in the documentary where black people talk about how they assumed Babe was black. There’s also a video clip of black fans attending Babe’s funeral.

[@sirtorndr]

@@mmpessoaThank you! It's been a few years since I've watched it, but I was pretty sure I that it was discussed. That whole documentary is so well done! I have been hoping for them to do the 11th inning, but I have my doubts that they will at this point.

[@charlescarr9498]

Thanks for correcting this…I am from Baltimore and his Saloon was in the OPACY area and a statue of Babe Ruth sits in the general area of where the Saloon was located. The Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum sits a couple,e blocks away from there as well.

[@nathanwilliams4005]

I see words, even censored ones, hurt people's feelings.

[@iTalkStudios]

Indeed

[@ImWaIking]

Yes slurs are bad! Damn snowflakes

[@nathanwilliams4005]

@@iTalkStudios I enjoyed the video and thought it was interesting. I can't say I've ever heard speculation around Babe Ruth's race. I always assumed he was white.

[@Kodak_1911]

@@iTalkStudiosgreat video. Can you do a video on Moses Fleetwood Walker. The actual first Black baseball player in the MLB

[@Mr1stcat]

I've always thought he was white because of his German background but I mean even German immigrants faced discrimination back in those days, a lot of people forget that Italian irish and German immigrants faced discrimination much like Hispanic people do today also because some were catholic

[@kokkari37]

You should do Ted Williams hiding his Mexican heritage next. After seeing his Mexican uncle overlooked he chose to hide it. Really interesting story.

[@JamesAvila-xu7ds]

Yup he from San Diego there’s a street called Ted Williams parkway whenever I drive down to Tijuana

[@lvredsox]

Agree 100% it IS interesting! I have the book about it ("Ted Williams-First Latino in the Baseball Hall of Fame"), and it's a very good read!

[@Fitbody_bysarah]

It’s alway been well-known in the Black community that he was of black descent

[@DaveHalsen32]

Only to the ignorant, foolish, racists.

[@derrickbeasley5723]

Girl no it’s not stfu

[@Mullet-ZubazPants]

looks like a White man to me. Both parents were of German ancestry. The Babe is a spitting image of his father, who's lineage is from Prussia. Prussian Germans have a lot of Slavic ancestry. Because The Babe has an Anglo sounding surname, but doesn't look like a WASP, I think has added to the confusion

[@jayhache5609]

Severely underrated comment.

[@Theshowguy-vh8il]

I was at work when the video came out but I looked for it and I thought I went crazy

[@gretz5792]

iTalk, bro, you gotta get the point dude

[@doclew28]

Babe was from Baltimore. That means he's may as well been from East Oakland. LMFAOOO 😂 🤣 😆 🤛🏾✊🏽

[@Tykoon22]

If Babe Ruth was really an alien from another planet, he would maintain his status as an American icon, but all of his baseball statistics/achievements/records would be disqualified under the Superman principle -- there is a reason why individuals with superhuman abilities of any kind are not allowed to compete against the rest of us mere mortals… It’s just not fair. That said, an exhibition game featuring nothing but comic book characters wielding special abilities and super powers is something I would absolutely pay to watch. Come up with your best 9 v 9/Marvel v DC fantasy teams and play it out.

[@SniffyMcAdderall]

That original thumbnail was something else but given the context it makes alot of sense.

[@FedUpSista]

Romare Bearden was offered to play in the “Majors” but ONLY if he agreed to “PASS” for “white”. The GREAT artist REFUSED.

[@DaveTheTurd]

There were plenty of Black baseball players in the majors in the late 1800’s…. I wonder why that’s never discussed, when this topic comes up?

[@paulmusso1982]

Same with Congress back then…

[@robertpietsch9382]

I was fortunate to see Hank Aaron as a member of the Milwaukee Braves in the 50s & 60s. It never bothered me about his skin. My memory of Hank was his swing. The best ever.. The sweetest swing.

[@wsmokr]

Lets say he was black what differnce does it make today and how does it change anyones life today??It will be nothing but an interesting footnote.

[@joejames1794]

Makes Ignorant racists look even dumber

[@thriftman1196]

Babe Ruth was Irish and they were treated very similar to black people back in the day. You can find signs from that time in stores that said “No blacks, no dogs, no Irish”

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

Of course

[@Trick-Framed]

During Ruth's time being part of the Klan was not something that one hid. 4:47 Also, Adolph enthusiasts were en vogue by the time of his retirement. The US had open diplomatic relations with the Nazis as they were the ruling party of Germany at the time. In fact, the world wouldn't come to hate Adolph for another 4 years.

[@grekodr5698]

Ted Williams had Mexican rut’s on his mother side if I’m not mistaken

[@mysterygamermgclues8864]

Correct.

[@DebtSentence]

He looked very clearly white, there were lots of fully European Mexicans.

[@ethank-l4930]

Original thumbnail was something else

[@MrNexuscorre]

That OG thumbnail was Based as fuck

[@josephmaloney3140]

There was a book written by Roger Creamer in the seventies titled, "Babe: The Legend Comes to Life", there is a picture of his father tending bar that appears in the book (I believe it was taken in 1912), Babe Ruth is the spitting image of his father.

[@thatoneveryfunnychannel2482]

i like ur videos man but wow i’ve never seen a creator miss this hard before this is a rough watch

[@mattcox3373]

Bro is really set on this topic lol

[@nymike06]

lol

[@nickr3441]

Bot

[@nickr3441]

Yet you think you're blacknfor saying bro

[@Sam-205]

@@nickr3441?

[@hutchphilpot6870]

@@nickr3441Bro sh*t up. You’re on every comment, sh*t up. Don’t you have anything better going on, then to comment “bOt” on every comment.

[@chrisfranco6603]

Because he was freak in terms of size and hand eye coordination…immediately the haters came up with excuses. But, think about it, they’re actually arguing that blacks should be allowed in baseball, in the 1910s…I’m not saying I believe that Ruth was a mix blood …I’m just saying, the accusation is ridiculous.

[@josephcamillo3712]

How about everyone meat riding the “can’t forget the OG thumbnail” most of yall don’t know

[@alreadyno23]

The curse of the bambino, he's gotta be Italian.

[@Leninade-ze7pd]

Made sure to change that thumbnail huh buddy?

[@Athlete1990]

Bot comment

[@Leninade-ze7pd]

@@Athlete1990 "sad to see you capitulated to the woke mob"

[@sadmarinersfan8935]

I didn’t see it but I’m guessing it was changed because of KZbin flagging it

[@bigpacthatseazye3462]

@@sadmarinersfan8935it was bound to get flagged, i mean it was a dumb move

[@Athlete1990]

@@Leninade-ze7pd it’s sad to see so many slow people like yourself follow this channel and post bot comments

[@BuckshotPA1]

His ancestry is available online! All German!

[@jaywright9635]

😂

[@HobbsSportsCards]

No disrespect but all white people are of the Germanic tribe: Saxon, Mystigoths

[@Yesmanman2334]

This video is insane

[@Urbaesbf]

What was the old thumbnail?

[@mattcox3373]

The N word like 3 times with a pic of Babe Ruth lol

[@mattcox3373]

But with a “*” in the place of the “i”

[@Urbaesbf]

Oh nvm

[@Athlete1990]

It was censored. You’ve got 12 year olds going crazy over it

[@nickr3441]

​@@Athlete1990lots of little kids on here

[@sergetorres611]

Babe family last name from Moms side.was Saenz.. His daughter talks about him going to Mexico and learning how to pitch from his Uncles... yep

[@chadwickwilliams7238]

His mothers last name was Schamberger.

[@sergetorres611]

@@chadwickwilliams7238 yes I knew that.. watch Ken Burns baseball doc.. I belive he put it out in the 90s..

[@D.D.-ud9zt]

@@sergetorres611 Ken Burns is not historically accurate.

[@KindaTallGuy]

An iTalk Studios classic

[@merrillashby7064]

Babe looks very much like his father.

[@vivalavivarium]

people got to calm down, I'm literally as white as it gets and I used to point out how Babe look exactly like my german descended grandpa. in fact my grandpa was darker than babe. no one ever questioned if my grandpa was black and guess what genetically virtually no one is 100% black or white like what would that really mean.

[@thisguyagain7857]

Thanks for the great content. Have a great Day.

[@OfficialNoob69]

people calling you racist over this might be the most stupid and overblown shit ever

[@Sam-205]

I mean they’re trying to make a white guy black lmao

[@meridianmike7137]

Since Babe had German background there is also the possibility that some of his ancestors were Turkish. Turkish people have been in Germany since the 1200-1300s.

[@KingJ64]

Spike Lee has been trying to prove this for more than 20 years

[@Paulburg3r]

Yeah it’s back

[@cyrusmarshall5668]

I’m from Baltimore;he could have been southern Italian which also would not have been popular during that time period either

[@kiefdemon1979]

When I first saw a picture of Babe Ruth when I was 7 years old, I thought he was black. He had a lot of the same features as my black family. Then I saw a color picture of him and said, "oh nvm". Fast forward to me being in my mid 30s with two babies that came out white with straight/curl non nappy hair(white wife, take that racist). My eldest has started to turn olivish color, which is the color that Babe was in that color picture. So maybe he was mix race?

[@ryanthompsonthompson820]

Moses Fleetwood Walker⚾️

[@boardammo1593]

He was partially black which was why he was empathetic and people used to make fun of him looking different

[@richardsiemion5903]

Not only all human life comes from Africa and we were all black at one point …. But the way ancestry works I am sure that there were many players with blood from sub-sarahan Africa whether they knew it or not.

[@MrJoebangleec]

The reason he was taunted with slurs/nicknames/put downs etc. was because when you "push someone's buttons", "get their goat" etc. you can emotionally manipulate that person. Think of how muhammad ali used to verbally taunt his opponents. When was Ruth was taunted he became incensed, furious, upset etc... which would effect his performance negatively..!

[@VintageBigBen]

Didn't expect to see a title like this for a iTalk Studios video

[@phill22221]

I thought he was half Native American. Could of sworn I heard that

[@troke7120]

LOLOLOLOLOL MANS GOT COOKED AND CHANGED THE THUMBNAIL

[@seansanvicente]

real ones know the og thumbnail

[@BrianThompson-dj8rh]

What was it?

[@jennym2276]

Both his parents were German. Maybe they left Germany because one was Jewish or had other features in their ancestry. He wasn’t hiding anything or being allowed to play in white leagues and was not. He was considered white. He seemed like a cool dude.

[@BASEBALLfreakFORlife]

Trying to defend that old thumbnail is some crazy work bro 💀 YFK owns you

[@pathutchison7688]

Somewhere in the back of my mind I guess I always assumed he had Native American or Italian ancestory, although I don’t think i ever consciously thought about it until now.

[@jarrbear13]

Real ones know the original😂

[@musiclighthouse1913]

he is pretty easily of german decent when you look at him

[@gerrygrzywinskl6135]

You are the best of the best 😊

[@DoubleAAmazin]

yo boy was pure blooded german, stronger than an ox

[@TheChrisf95]

Who cares if he was black or not. What matters is: he was a great baseball player that helped make it more popular, because of his ability to hit a lot of home-runs

[@unapproachablelight]

Probably. And he was one of Baseball’s finest players!!

[@brandonquiroz1897]

history will remember the old thumbnail

[@dobe46]

Screen shots especially from the channel baseball doesn’t exist. Wild to repost when the screen shot lives in infamy.

[@Athlete1990]

@@dobe46 your mom lives in infamy but we don’t talk about it

[@dobe46]

@@Athlete1990 really? We’re going to resort to that. If you are going to defend usage of that word you were obviously incapable of adult conversation in the first place. Speaking of my mother yeah she’s been to Boston and she seen how racist it was and I had to tell her that that’s just how the city is. And her 40 years that she’s lived in this country. She has never been treated the way she’s been treated in Boston solely on the darker complexion of your skin. I don’t expect much from you, Boston people. So go ahead and defend this worm and insult peoples mothers. I guess the Fortnite profile picture is just too intimidating to have an adult conversation. You sack of poop.

[@dobe46]

@@Athlete1990 really? We’re going to go to juvenile things like talking about people’s mother? I guess if you can’t talk like an adult, you have to resort to things like that. Who knew a Fortnite profile picture would scare people from having adult conversations. But you have shown the type of character you have by defending the words he used. iTalk will probably take this comment down too.

[@Athlete1990]

@@dobe46 it has nothing to do with your profile picture and everything to do with your uneducated comments. If you paid attention to the video and not just the thumbnail you might learn something, but I suspect you haven’t learned anything since the third grade.

[@Gogeta03]

bro thinks we forgot about the old thumbnail

[@nickr3441]

You're not black

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

If that photo shows his father, then he definitely looks like him. That's not a common face. If there was an affair involved, it would have had to be his father with a mistress.