I was never a Yankee fan but who could not love this.

Wow. Great views of League Park, Cleveland. It never held more than 23,000, but it looks impressive from these pictures (and was, in its day). Little of the stadium is left, but the ticket office building is still there today. The street cars are long gone, however.

I agree, PRICELESS video!!! The Babe!! Warming up, and his whole at bat!!! And Tris Speaker too!! Thanks.

@PabloPaintz

2 жыл бұрын

Ty Cobb swinging too

@VandelayIndustries61

11 ай бұрын

@@PabloPaintz No, Cobb never played for the Indians or Yankees.

@joenania

3 ай бұрын

Yes at exactly 0:57 seconds into this video TRIS SPEAKER then the manager of the 1920 Cleveland Indians -

That little kid hitting the baseball would now be at least 100 years old. A little older because he wasn't 0 in the 1920s.

@scrapplepig

3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't that a midget? They had midgets play to throw off the pitchers back then.

League Park wow..Ruth hit his 500th homer there..Cleveland restored it beautiful facility now

This is an excerpt from a longer piece of video. This game was played June 15, 1920 and the Indians won 10-2. In the broader video, we see a slow-mo of Carl Mays on the mound. Truck Hannah is catching and picks a man off third, and there is an overthrow error on the Yankee short stop or third baseman. All of those elements, plus the Ruth strikeout, can only be consistent with the June 15 box score. That’s is indeed Speaker and Chapman for the Indians; Chapman will be killed by the same Yankee pitcher in the Polo Grounds on August 16th.

@dtptcn

2 жыл бұрын

Oof, that last sentence hit me like a brick. Nice post. HBTW, where exactly is Chapman in the video?)

@scooter5940

2 жыл бұрын

@@dtptcn You can see him from afar when Ruth strikes out (shortstop, as he played the whole game). Some have said he is visible in the dugout early in the video, but I can't tell.

@JWD1992

11 ай бұрын

I was watching this thinking how I hope it wasn't the infamous Ray Chapman game, and then I saw you mention Mays, so I thought, "Uh-oh." Nice to see it's from before then. That poor man.

@VandelayIndustries61

11 ай бұрын

The pitcher striking out Ruth would be Jim "Sarge" Bagby, on his way to 31 wins that season. Only 3 have done it in the majors since then.

@perimoore5612

8 ай бұрын

WHAT A MAD LAD THANK YOU FOR YAPPING WHEN NO ONE ASKED!

This is gold

Great to see that Ruth was not big his whole career. That image comes from his very last years and post retirement. His batting stance modeled after Joe Jackson, closed and feet close together with very heavy bat.

It's wonderful watch sidearm style in Babe Ruth's warming up. There are some dynamics unseen in todays' Baseball.

Thank you. Just wonderful to see. The reason is it almost impossible to want to live before 1880 is that before 1880 there was no movies or recordings. To be able to see and hear ANYONE after they have passed, just the most wonderful thing.

@scrapplepig

3 жыл бұрын

They had photos before 1880.

@practice11111

3 жыл бұрын

@@scrapplepig Yes, but could not "hear" the photos. You had to wait until movies with sound (talkies).

Wow! Whoever that batter was, he'll never make it in the bigs. But seriously, for 2:03 I was IN ABSOLUTE AWE!!! Thank you.thank you..........bring us more.

League Park was home to the Indians well into the 1940's (they only played weekend games at Cleveland Municipal Stadium). League Park was also the home of the NFL Cleveland Rams until they moved to Los Angeles after the 1945 season. The Cleveland Browns used it as their main practice facility for most of the 1960's. Cleveland's Negro League team (the Grays ???) also called it home.

At 1:56 that batboy had no clue of the historical impact Ruth would have on baseball.

Wow this is incredible!

Good looking ballpark.playing it at .75 speed makes it look not so different from today.its still baseball

The clip at 1:48 of the boys trying to peak through the door was from a movie, inserted into the video. I recognized it.

@TheBatugan77

3 жыл бұрын

I'm one of the kids.

@rebeccaquartieri5509

2 жыл бұрын

A×

Glorious. Pitchers didn´t fool around back then, they came straight at you. Full speed. 😂😂

@jamesrivera4947

3 жыл бұрын

NO ONE really fooled around back then 😆

Play it at half-speed and everybody is moving pretty normal. I wonder why the speed is not corrected on more of these old videos, doesn’t seem all that hard to do! Anyway, just a little critique, this video is wonderful and I enjoyed it greatly!!

BIG SWING strike three! Babe may have struck out, but he rarely got cheated! "I swing big, I either hit big or I miss big"! So as the Babe once explained! Priceless video!

@FiddlePig

6 жыл бұрын

Leo Durocher said of the Babe, it was worth the price of a ticket to see him strike out.

@FiddlePig

6 жыл бұрын

Ruth's daughter Julia Ruth Stevens, claimed a main reason the Babe was not hired as a manager was he would have sought to sign black players, he barnstormed with them in many an off season. With his status in the game it would have hard to deny him had he been hired as a manager. Pathetic teams like the St. Louis Browns (aptly named?) coulda sure used Cool Papa Bell, Josh Gibson, Buck O'Neil and Satchel Page on their rosters. The owners of the day couldn't risk hiring Ruth... so asserts his daughter.

@howie9751

4 жыл бұрын

@@FiddlePig Maybe. But as the Yankees maintained "He can't even manage himself, how can he manage others?"

Good footage

I guess Tris Speaker was player-manager then. The Indians had a tradition of that going back to Napoleon Lajoie being player- manager in 1910 when the Indians changed their name to "The Naps" after Nap Lajoie.

Back when it was Americans playing the game. So nice. No kneeling for anthem.

@kevinobrien9271

2 жыл бұрын

They didn’t start playing the national anthem before games until WW2.

Motion pictures in the silent era had a slower frame rate than the talkies that followed, so when the silents are played on "modern" equipment, the speed is too fast. KZread to the rescue, so play this at 0.75 normal, and you'll get a more realistic idea of the original speed.

I was at that game it was awesome

Back before multi-million dollar springler systems were installed in ballparks. Cool video. Go Tribe!

Jomboy reacted to this

Same season the Yankees pitcher Carl Mays hit the Indians Ray Chapman in the pitch that killed. RIP Ray

Closest thing to a time machine!! Crazy thing is some of the kids in this could still be alive well into their hundreds!!...This is cool in general wish there was audio! But still da goods!!! Still lookin fa my time machine anybody know, let me know I’ll hook you up!! Be good!!!🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🦏🐘🦍🐼🐳🐅🦖

Babe looks svelte; sort of. Read that for breakfast he had a pound of bacon, a dozen eggs and a loaf of bread.

@michaelfitzgerald3467

5 жыл бұрын

That was Diamond Jim Brady...or Paul Bunyan. Or Tom Brady. But the Babe just drank brews for breakfast...

100 Years ago this month!

1920 was a pivotal year for mlb… the 1919 season ended in a major scandal, the chicago white sox caught throwing the world series. babe single handedly brought the fans back, he hit an unheard of 29 home runs for the red sox in 1919. (16 was the record) and then a herculean 54 homers in 1920 with the yankees. and altho the babe would hit 54 homers in his first year with the yankees, these very cleveland indians would win the world series against the brooklyn robins. (the dodgers) their first championship, cleveland would win again in 1948 but now hold the longest streak without a championship in mlb. 70 years. so 1920 was babe's first year with the yankees after 6 years with the red sox, primarily a pitcher his first four years with the red sox, babe was 3-0 in two world series. the boston red sox had won 3 world series in 4 years (with ruth), 1915, 1916, and 1918. and altho the babe was 18-8 in 1915 he didn't pitch in that world series and only batted once, a ninth inning pinch hit ground out in game 1. the red sox wouldn't win another world series for 85 years. the so-called "curse of the bambino." by 1918 the babe was beginning his transition from pitcher to hitter, he tied for the league lead in homers with 11 (in just 382 at bats) and he was still 13-7 in 1918 after going 23-12 in 1916 and 24-13 in 1917. he was 2-0 in the 1918 red sox world series win over the chicago cubs, the "called shot" (it never happened) against the cubs would be 14 years later. wally pipp playing 1b for the yankees and hitting in front of the babe, gehrig would join the team in 1923 and take wally's job in 1925.

@nobodyaskedbut

3 жыл бұрын

In the current foul ball is a strike era which began in 1904, the HR record before Ruth was 24 in 1915 by Gavvy Cravath. In 1884 Ned Williamson hit 27 & in 1899 Buck Freeman hit 25 but there were favorable batting rules back then.

@tomitstube

3 жыл бұрын

@@nobodyaskedbut i stand corrected, while looking at "home run leaders by year" i didn't realize it was separated by league. ned williamson played in a small park, 25 of his 27 home runs were at home, gavvy cravath played in philadelphia's "baker bowl" which was known to pad statistics, of his lifetime 119 home runs, 92 came at the baker bowl. ned williamson's 25 homers in 1899 is considered the real benchmark until ruth came along.

@TheBatugan77

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomitstube The called shot happened.

@tomitstube

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheBatugan77 no it didn't. even the reporter who started it all later said it didn't happen.

@tomitstube

2 жыл бұрын

@@marksolomonify the babe didn't call anything, he merely let the story grow without correcting it, all those who said it happened later recanted. charlie root said if he saw him do that he would have thrown the next one at his head, root would later confront ruth and ask him why he didn't correct the lie, ruth told him something like, "why ruin a good story?" there's a witness to this conversation, i don't recall who at this point, even the reporter who started the whole thing would later say it didn't happen, he was just trying to spice up the game, something they did a lot of in those days to sell newspapers, which at the time was the most important source of news.

At 0:59 the Umpire looks like Billy Evans. He only worked one series in 1920 for NYY @ CLE, so I would date this June 12-15

@michaelfitzgerald3467

5 жыл бұрын

Rich Carl with impressive baseball history detective work!

@websterbarstone

5 жыл бұрын

Excellent observation on Billy Evans, Rich Carl. Retrosheet.org has the box scores (but not the play by play) for all 4 games. Billy Evans was the home plate umpire on the 12th and the 14th, first base umpire on the 13th and 15th. Ruth only struck out on the 13th and 15th (once each game). Ray Chapman played shortstop and batted second in all four games. He faced Carl Mays on June 15, when Mays pitched 2.2 innings and took the loss. Mays gave up 5 earned runs that day, allowing 3 hits and 4 walks. So he was a little wild. Miller Huggins, Tris Speaker, and Billy Evans are all Hall of Famers. Huggins sure was giving his chewing tobacco or gum a workout. Wonderful video.

this is our year. lets go tribe

Amazing. The ZERO time World Champion NY Yankees.

@dougthegreat1808

4 жыл бұрын

that did not last for long. What 27 world series champs and 39 american league champs and counting....

@dougthegreat1808

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheBatugan77 ok

@TheBatugan77

3 жыл бұрын

@@dougthegreat1808 40 AL pennants.

@TheBatugan77

3 жыл бұрын

@@dougthegreat1808 Ok.

At 1:00 are we looking at Miller Huggins and Tris Speaker?

100 years ago

Extra Pricless, Babe Ruth, Lou Gherig and Sweet ole Ty Cobb

every body looks like there ready for church , but amazing filming

Wow.

Tribe was World Champs in1920!

1:51 Looks like the batter crapped himself.

Set to 0.7x speed to see it in normal speed

1:19

0:40. look at the back on tris speaker...

@merccadoosis8847

4 жыл бұрын

His exceptional muscularity is fully evident in that segment. Considered one of the greatest players of all time.

Ah 1920. The Tribe won the World Series and were world champions. However, the season had a pale over it because shortstop Ray Chapman died on August 17 after being hit in the head by a pitch from Carl Mays.

Ray Chapman on the field at 1:23... a month before his very sad death.

My research indicates this is probably a game played on Saturday, Sept. 11, 1920. The Yankees won 6-2. The Indians would go on to win the World Series that season.

@williambracale3577

2 жыл бұрын

@ dape - another commenter stated that Ray Chapman can be seen in the video. Chapman was killed by a Carl Mays pitch during an at bat in New York on August 16th. See @Scooter's comment for more information . . .

Solid Platinum

I thought this was a video comparing life in India and USA in 1920 lol

Why was their a catcher passing Ruth as he went to plate-was that a warm up catcher?

@jamesd2128

4 жыл бұрын

He must've been, perhaps that was the custom back then.

@miketheyunggod2534

4 жыл бұрын

D Butler he was warming up the pitcher between half innings.

Was this Cleveland.. ..???

Sorry lou didn't show up till 1923

Bambino goes down swinging!

these guys played for the name on the front not the back

Was Ray Chapman still alive here? He died this season

@nflmlbclassics

5 жыл бұрын

If this video was before mid-August, then yes. If after, it's R.I.P.. That's why the spitball, in my view, was outlawed shortly thereafter. Excellent RARE video footage nonetheless--Chapman or no Chapman.

@bamafan62

5 жыл бұрын

Target Terror Bitches my old friend Joe Sewell was not with Cleveland then. I met him 3 years before he died in 1990. What an awesome video

@RicardoRodriguez-om3fo

4 жыл бұрын

@@bamafan62 have any good stories or memorabilia of Joe?

@bamafan62

4 жыл бұрын

Ricardo Rodriguez Yes sir, the first time I met him my wife and I traveled to his sons home in Mobile Alabama. It was a 450 mile trip one way. We showed up at his sons home, after setting it up with them. He kept saying he couldn’t believe that I would drive that far to meet him. He asked us several times if we had brought our bathing suits so we could go swimming in their pool. Ha ha Ha he was such an awesome, down to earth person. He took me into his baseball room, which was full of autographed baseballs from Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and his old friend Ty Cobb. He excused himself after about 30 minutes and left the room. We were alone in that room for probably 15 minutes, which made me very uncomfortable because I didn’t want them to think I would take anything at all. But he was just a very trusting person, he asked me if I brought anything for him to sign which I didn’t. He sat and told me stories about Babe Ruth how he was road roommates with Lou Gehrig. He Told me that the record show him as having 114 career strikeouts, but he swore he only had 113, Ha ha ha

@bamafan62

4 жыл бұрын

Ricardo Rodriguez I have a vhs tape his family made of him telling stories from his playing days, they gave me a copy, it’s amazing

people all moved so funny back then

Gee look at miller Huggins Lou's buddy

66th & Lexington

Was this in Cleveland or the Polo Grounds?

@samahdy

5 жыл бұрын

Dunn Field (League Park) never mind.

@richardgeiger3726

5 жыл бұрын

looks like league park in cleveland

@judpowell1756

5 жыл бұрын

Yankees didn't play at the Polo Grounds...that was the Giants

@darrelchovanec9150

5 жыл бұрын

@@judpowell1756 The Yankees did play at the Polo Grounds at that time. Yankee Stadium not built until 1923.

The right field wall must have looked awfully inviting to Ruth. Just 290 down the line with a forty-foot high fence.

@Jeff_Lichtman

4 жыл бұрын

@Angree Grizlee No, it's League Park in Cleveland. It was only 290 feet down the right field line.

@TheBatugan77

4 жыл бұрын

@Angry Grizzly 👈👺 You again? You stuck on stupid?

this was when he retired lmao cy young

1st baseman us in short right field against Ruth.

The hitter walking away from the strikeout looks more like Gehrig than Ruth.

@alowl

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think Gehrig was starting in 1920.

@kyleburnett4795

5 жыл бұрын

That's without a doubt Ruth. He has an extremely distinctive stance and swing.

@TheBatugan77

4 жыл бұрын

@@alowl For Columbia U, maybe.

@TheBatugan77

4 жыл бұрын

@@kyleburnett4795 Yes. And that mincing stride of his is also distinctive.

@johnrobbins917

3 жыл бұрын

Pipp played 1b for the NYY in 1920.

At 0:30, it looks like a Yankee player warming up threw a submarine pitch - was that Carl Mays, who hit and killed Ray Chapman of the Indians later in the 1920 season?

Btw, at buffets, I touch all the dinner rolls before I pick one. With my filthy fking fingers.

At 0:45 that looks like Tris Speaker . He was one of the greatest hitters of all time but his form and mechanics look horrible

@fredsawyer9845

6 жыл бұрын

It's not just the stride either . His body is so far ahead of his hands ...Indeed pitchers today are of a different breed . UNless I could go back in time and see for myself it's hard to compare

@jamesolson6669

5 жыл бұрын

That's batting practice pitching though...

@TheBatugan77

5 жыл бұрын

@@hughjuhn6094 It's batting practice.

@mortimerzilch2608

5 жыл бұрын

@@hughjuhn6094 his swing is level. his wrist is cocked to jack the turnover on impact...which allows placement of the hit. It is batting practice which accounts for all the early in the swing movement...but it's a good swing...not like Jimmy Foxx's sloppy swings I've seen.

@TheBatugan77

4 жыл бұрын

@@fredsawyer9845 First, it's BP Second, keeping your hands back is a plus, not a minus. Henry Aaron did it his whole career.

Back when the bat boy wasn't wearing a baseball uniform. Hmmm makes you understand a little better.

Yankees manager Miller Huggins is shown.

Right original base ball home runs knock one out of the park Hank

No numbers yet on their uniforms.

@miketheyunggod2534

4 жыл бұрын

straycatttt still a good 5 years away.

@TheBatugan77

4 жыл бұрын

straypusssssy You have a keen awareness of the obvious.

That's right bat boy

Love the Babe I'm off

no uniform numbers yet.

Wow antique baseball ⚾

@lloydkline1518

2 жыл бұрын

Top notch baseball

Funny how the fans dressed for a ball game back then.

at 1:06 mark left side of the dugout a player stands up and farts in a teammates face?

Miller huggins

Let's Go yaankes

Yankees @ Traffic Guardians

I was at this game with my grandkids..I'm the guy in the hat

@TheJustjim3333

4 жыл бұрын

@rjm Damn, are you stupid or what?

@TheJustjim3333

4 жыл бұрын

@rjm dumbass!

@TheBatugan77

4 жыл бұрын

@rjm 👈👺 shove your nice try.

@TheBatugan77

4 жыл бұрын

@rjm Lick my sphincter. 💩

@SmokinGun55

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, you don't look a day older than 130.

レイ・チャップマンが死球で亡くなったのはこのゲームでな？

Why did people walk that fast back then?

@Celluloidwatcher

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, that was how the speed of the film appeared on television in later years. When originally filmed, the movements were slower, thus newsreels, as they were called back then, were silent (no sound until 1927).

My God, these swings are terrible.