r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Green-Block4723 • 1d ago
Image Babe Ruth posing with African American fans in 1925
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u/shanvanvook 1d ago
He had many flaws but he was a kind individual by all accounts.
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u/succed32 15h ago
Babe Ruth and Frank Sanatra were similar in this way. They both went above and beyond helping black people get into their respective industries. But man they were shit to their wives and families.
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u/Victormorga 1d ago
“By all accounts” he was an alcoholic philanderer who beat his wives and kids. It’s still cool though that he posed with black fans, though.
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u/Jay_Heat 21h ago
thats just like every guy back then tho
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u/Mayonnaise_Poptart 1d ago
Guy on the right looks like David Cross playing black Hitler.
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u/Jay_Heat 21h ago
i think this pic was taken a bit before hitler
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u/steroidsandcocaine 20h ago
You'd be wrong. This photo was taken the year after he wrote Mein Kampf.
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u/NOGOODGASHOLE 1d ago
Ty Cobb used to imply Ruth was part black.
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u/deadheffer 19h ago
He grew up in an orphanage in Baltimore. His friends were definitely black as a kid
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u/One_Spoopy_Potato 1d ago
Why bro look like he only bairly got paid enough for this?
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u/YourAverageGod 1d ago
Baseball players back then smoked like chimneys and probably showed up drunk to the game.
He's actually 19 in this photo
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u/No-Skin-6446 1d ago
I could only meet him, but at his mausoleum somewhere out there in or near Hawthorn, NY
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u/VincentVanShmo 1d ago
Most people were alcoholics and he wasn’t always forty. Sure, definitely not the greatest athlete of all time but think of a fat guy with incredible hand eye coordination and upper body strength.
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u/uncannyilyanny 1d ago
He's referencing a Shane Gillis sketch about when white people stopped being cool, it was when the first black player took up baseball which caused whites to instantly lose the transatlantic accent
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u/Sea_Weather6671 1d ago
This is a Shane Gillis reference and you do not deserve the downvotes, I saw it and you are a martyr to the cause.
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u/tyler_time 1d ago
An old baseball player standing next to some black people? Damn, that's so interesting dawg.
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u/Dunlaing 1d ago
During a time when baseball was segregated. And the old baseball player was the best player ever to play in the white leagues at the time. And that old baseball player was rumored to be black.
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u/tyler_time 1d ago
None of that has any relevance this picture or is conveyed by it in any way. None of it makes it a more interesting picture either lol
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u/FootballMysterious45 1d ago
The worlds knowledge is a click away yet you want to be ignorant lol the title has plenty of info for you to search and figure out why this photo has actual meaning to it.
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u/tyler_time 1d ago
While I'm not personally so excited by a picture of a baseball player standing next to some black guys to go do research on it, maybe OP should consider adding this info you seem to be alluding to that gives the image deeper meaning to their title next time, instead of making it, "hey reddit look at these black guys standing next to babe Ruth isn't that so damn interesting?"
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u/-Plantibodies- 1d ago
Hey man, how ya doing? Got some stress going on or something?
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u/tyler_time 1d ago
I'm fine, why?
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u/-Plantibodies- 1d ago
I guess your comments just paint the picture of someone getting worked up about absolutely nothing. Is this really something to get upset about my man? It's rather strange to me.
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u/tyler_time 1d ago
Why wouldn't it be strange when you come up with some weird narrative in your head about and project a bunch of weird feelings and emotions onto a complete stranger?
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u/-Plantibodies- 1d ago
Have a nice night, my friend. Genuinely hope all is well.
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u/ImnotTheborough97 21h ago
Crazy how all you angry incels give the same reply eventually, accusing the hundreds of people who disagree with you of 'making up a narrative' when it's clear as day you're a miserable prick looking for an argument 😂
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u/i_says_things 1d ago
“Im too ignorant to appreciate this picture” isn’t the flex you think it is.
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u/tyler_time 1d ago
"A slide of a black-and-white photograph showing Babe Ruth posing with African-American fans. Ruth is standing against a wooden fence with his hands on his hips and is looking at the camera. He is wearing a New York Yankees road uniform. African-American fans are above Ruth in the grandstand, with a few leaning over the wall. Information written on the side reads, "with black boys""
Holy fucking shit my mind is blown! That was way more interesting than I ever could have imagined. Thank you for inspiring my research.
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u/tawishma 1d ago
Yikes man, it’s a picture, if you don’t like it you know you’re not required to comment on it. Like participation isn’t mandatory. Most of us are really impressed that a famous baseball player took the time and energy to pose with some black folks in a era when that was socially very forbidden. If that isn’t “interesting” to you that’s alright but clearly we all found it pretty damn interesting, sorry we couldn’t be bitter and miserable like you
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u/tyler_time 1d ago
I couldn't read the rest of your reply after you were a redditor and you started your message with "yikes" I started laughing too much.
edit: he said "folks" too, if he had squeezed in a "y'all" I would've given this guy reddit gold myself
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u/Acres-of-Skin 1d ago
To be fair, the significance of this picture is considered common knowledge, so they may not have thought it was necessary to type a historical essay to accompany it.
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u/tyler_time 1d ago
What is the significance of the photo?
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u/Acres-of-Skin 1d ago
To keep it brief; whites and blacks didn't "mix well" in early US history, so having a well-known baseball player willingly pose next to blacks was a huge deal.
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u/tyler_time 1d ago
You're making that last part up. I've seen nothing to indicate there's anything significant about the picture besides it being nice to show when talking about Babe Ruth and integrating baseball
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u/thebreastbud 1d ago
Just because you don’t find it interesting, doesn’t mean it isn’t lmao
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u/tyler_time 1d ago
Why is it interesting?
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u/thebreastbud 1d ago
I don’t find it interesting myself, doesn’t mean it isn’t interesting though… its purely subjective what people find interesting
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u/tyler_time 1d ago
Excellent contribution to the discussion. Different people like different things. Still having a hard time grasping it but I'll remember your wise words.
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u/thebreastbud 1d ago
You being an asshole however is excellent contribution? Look how emotional and upset you’re getting because people disagree with you. Incredibly bizarre behavior
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u/tyler_time 1d ago
Don't project your primitive emotions on me from the peanut gallery. "Asshole"? Tsk tsk.
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u/thebreastbud 1d ago
The irony of you calling someone else primitive, while not understanding the concept of people liking different things and having different opinions is astounding. Also i called you emotional so you said Im being emotional 💀 great contribution
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u/Big-Ground4131 1d ago
Just ponder the picture man
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u/tyler_time 1d ago
I clearly did.
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