After the Babe, baseball great Mickey Mantle was one of the most revered players in the history of the NY Yankees. Tags:mickeymantleyankeesbaseball Added: 13th August 2007 Views: 682 Rating: Posted By:Naomi
Another musical performance by someone totally out of his element: Babe Ruth sings--sort of. Tags:BabeRuthsings Added: 7th October 2007 Views: 588 Rating: Posted By:Lava1964
Although Babe Ruth had been dead for 25 years, he was still being used to promote Corn Flakes in this 1973 ad. Tags:BabeRuthCornFlakes Added: 16th October 2007 Views: 497 Rating: Posted By:Lava1964
In 1932 Babe Ruth appeared in a series of short films designed to teach baseball fundamentals and promote the sport. In Fancy Curves, the Babe teaches the finer points of the game to a group of sorority sisters. I'm sure the Babe enjoyed the female companionship of the babes. Tags:BabeRuthFancyCurves Added: 15th December 2007 Views: 473 Rating: Posted By:Lava1964
Newsreel footage of a testimonial for an ailing Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium in 1947 and of his funeral in 1948. Tags:BabeRuthfuneraltestimonial Added: 12th January 2008 Views: 1094 Rating: Posted By:Lava1964
Babe Ruth was never too busy to publicize a cause. Here is a photo circa 1923 showing the Bambino promoting the Girl Guides' annual cookie sale. (Look at the size of the cookie in the Babe's mouth! I don't remember them ever being that big!) Tags:BabeRuthGirlGuidecookies Added: 28th April 2008 Views: 301 Rating: Posted By:Lava1964