Elsewhere: New video of Babe Ruth found
A new video of Babe Ruth has been found and it includes footage of him striking out, which he didn’t seem too pleased at. No video of him playing the outfield or pitching for the Yankees or Red Sox has been found…until now. This video includes about eight seconds of him playing in the outfield:
He is shown in right field, hands on his knees, glove on his right hand. To a casual fan, it appears unremarkable. But it represents the archive’s only game action of Ruth playing in the outfield — where he spent more than 2,200 games — other than a between-innings game of catch.
Archivists at Major League Baseball’s video library now have to figure out what year and which game the footage is from.
