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The one inaccuracy from all this old footage that still pervades is our image of Babe Ruth.
In every photo or clip of him, he’s rather portly. But from what I’ve heard, early in his career, he was much thinner and more athletic. But as we only have good clips from later in his career, typically in the 1930’s when he was 15+ years into his playing days after he’d put on considerable weight.
It also doesn’t help that in movies, he’s portrayed by actors like John Goodman...