Tuesday, October 11, 2022

TURN BACK THE CLOCK- 1977 50TH ANNIVERSARY FOR BABE RUTH

By special request today, I post up a 1977 "Turn Back the Clock" card celebrating the 50th anniversary of Babe Ruth and his 60 home runs, something appropriate for 2022 as Aaron Judge climbs up the A.L. all-time season list:

 
As we all know, Ruth topped what many thought was his own record of 59 home runs in 1921 with 60 in 1927, putting in a season of the ages, scoring 158 runs, driving in 165, hitting .356 and slugging .772 for the "Murderer's Row" champion Yankee team that won 110 games and is still regarded as one of the all-time best teams.
The man was mythical, playing so far above and beyond his contemporaries that it made his arguably the most famous person on earth, let alone in America.
I'm not a fan of all this talk today diminishing all that Ruth did over his career, as I believe the entire concept of "context" has been lost on those that like to say things like "...if he played today...".