Some crisp Babe Ruth footage

Scene stealer

People were so much cooler than us back then

Wouldn't make it past minor league ball today.

Don’t know how he hit so many homeruns with that swing

Would get a heart attack at the site of a degrom slider

Never seen an emperor so nekkid

Cue everybody's "Babe Ruth couldn't hit today" comments. 😂 He hit in a time when all the best American athletes played baseball. Integration hadn't happened yet, BUT there were only 16 teams! Also, everyone threw spitballs and there were no 5th starters. (Cont...)

This is spring 1932. That season Babe hit 41 HR and batted .341 in 133 games. Six months later the 37 year old Babe used this swing to bomb one off Charlie Root past the Wrigley flag pole in the World Series.

Look at what his swing does in the strike zone. He's totally level when he hits the black line and has a slight lift right after. His eyes mirror the bat movement and his feet are twisting like a dancer. His awkward/ reaching movement comes after the point of contact.

I’ve seen better swings on a porch