Daniel, you may have seen that vintage colorized video (with sound) of the Yankees’ April 14, 1931 season opener against the Red Sox (see YouTube link below). But I’m curious about a little exchange that’s in there, between Babe Ruth and someone just off camera.
At the 3:50 mark, Babe appears to sign a couple of items, perhaps baseballs.
But at 4:10, while Claire Ruth is talking, Babe shakes his head as he says to someone, “No. No scorecards. No Sir.” He appears fairly adamant about it.
Did Ruth refuse to sign scorecards? And, if so, do you know his reason?
Great finds! That certainly puts to rest questions about his refusal to sign cards. Maybe he was just having a bad day.
Something I find interesting about those two scorecards from 1924 and '34: RBI's are not considered important enough to keep note of, yet Sacrifices are? Very interesting insight into that era.
Daniel, you may have seen that vintage colorized video (with sound) of the Yankees’ April 14, 1931 season opener against the Red Sox (see YouTube link below). But I’m curious about a little exchange that’s in there, between Babe Ruth and someone just off camera.
At the 3:50 mark, Babe appears to sign a couple of items, perhaps baseballs.
But at 4:10, while Claire Ruth is talking, Babe shakes his head as he says to someone, “No. No scorecards. No Sir.” He appears fairly adamant about it.
Did Ruth refuse to sign scorecards? And, if so, do you know his reason?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuwnAgX-zaE&t=279s
Actually, I hadn't seen that one before.
I'm not sure - I haven't heard of Ruth refusing to sign scorecards.
Actually, I was able to find some examples of signed Ruth scorecards. This one, for example: https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-collectibles/programs/1924-babe-ruth-signed-personal-world-series-game-two-scorecard/a/50074-82174.s
And there's this one: https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-collectibles/others/1934-babe-ruth-signed-new-york-yankees-scorecard/a/50073-82176.s
I'm not sure - perhaps Ruth was joking? It's hard to tell.
Great finds! That certainly puts to rest questions about his refusal to sign cards. Maybe he was just having a bad day.
Something I find interesting about those two scorecards from 1924 and '34: RBI's are not considered important enough to keep note of, yet Sacrifices are? Very interesting insight into that era.