Wednesday, March 1, 2023

SOMETHING SPECIAL: "LONG LOST" 1933 BABE RUTH DeLONG CARD

Good day everyone!
Today on the blog something special from my "Whole Nine" set released a couple of years ago, the special insert, a "long lost" 1933 DeLong card for the great, if not THE greatest, Babe Ruth:




One of my favorite sets of all-time, the DeLong set of 1933 did not feature the game's biggest star for some reason, and I thought it's make a fun insert/extra for the custom set that I put a ton of work into.
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...".
2800+ hits, 714 homers, 2174 runs scored and 2214 runs batted in, all accomplished in only 8399 at-bats.
To put that into context, if you gave him another HALF a career of at-bats, 4000 or so, that would match the great Hank Aaron's at-bat total, so what would Ruth's numbers be then?
Just something fun to think about.
And let us not forget a 94-46 record as a pitcher, with a 2.28 ERA over 163 games, including two 20-win seasons and an ERA title in 1916 with 1.75 including nine shutouts.
Just ridiculous. Greatest ever in my book.

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