Did Babe Ruth Have Black Ancestry?

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:dead:nikka look like my fukkin granddaddy
 

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People I've talked to say Josh Gibbon was better than Jackie.


And Ruth did play with and against black players when he was forbidden

That's a true statement, but there were a lot of black players better than Jackie back then. Jackie was the best choice because of his background (education, military, etc.) and age. Branch had to have a guy that could handle the racism that was inevitably going to be thrown at him, and Robinson...who I think was a Lieutenant in the Army...had the discipline and intelligence to handle it sensibly. Josh was considered the black Babe Ruth, but he had a lot of health issues (mentally). He deserved a shot, but he couldn't be the first.
 

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I remember reading a biography, can't recall the name, about Ruth some years ago. It mentioned him being harassed in the reform school he was in. Kids called him "****** nose". So, him being thought to be black isn't a new thing.
 
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