Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Babe Ruth

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Babe Ruth[edit]

Original - Babe Ruth in 1920.
Reason
Baseball player Babe Ruth in 1920, shortly after he joined the New York Yankees. Found a high resolution portrait in public domain with his signature. Restored version of File:Babe Ruth unrestored.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Babe Ruth, New York Yankees, History of baseball in the United States
Creator
Irwin, La Broad, & Pudlin.
  • Support as nominator --DurovaCharge! 23:56, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Good EV --Muhammad(talk) 04:05, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Clear resolution. Nicely framed. —Mattisse (Talk) 23:46, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per nom. Noodle snacks (talk) 07:07, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Despite the weird background choice (what is with that?) - a more natural or action shot would be nice, but probably unlikely to get. Adds to our limited supply of sporting FPs and a good contribution to WP. This is the type of 'old stuff' we need. --jjron (talk) 13:40, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. For the reasons stated above, plus the fact that it's a signed picture. Spinach Dip 21:11, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support — neuro(talk) 00:15, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I'd prefer an in-game shot, but this is still great. Makeemlighter (talk) 00:25, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Babe Ruth2.jpg MER-C 06:50, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]