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Wrigley Field history: A new, colorized photo of a Babe Ruth World Series home run

Credit where credit is due, here’s where I found this photo:

As noted in the tweet, this is the first of two homers Babe Ruth hit in this game, this one coming in the first inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series at Wrigley Field, October 1, 1932. (Ruth also nearly hit a third home run that afternoon, a drive he hit in the second inning was caught by Kiki Cuyler at the wall in right-center.)

Let’s set the scene and then look at some of the interesting things about this photo.