Rube Waddell: Literally One of the WEIRDEST Guys in History
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Baseball history is FULL of wacky characters, and perhaps one of the wackiest of all was a guy known as Rube Waddell. From gator wrestling, chasing fire trucks mid-game, and his notorious drunkenness to his legendary baseball skills and knack for saving lives, Rube Waddell had one hell of a life- and one hell of a criminal record too. Come learn with me!
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Rube Waddell: The Zany, Brilliant Life of a Strikeout Artist by Alan Levy
That time Baseball Hall of Famer Rube Waddell got bitten by a lion by BaseballObscura
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The Strangest Month in the Strange Career of Rube Waddell by Steven A. King for the Society for American Baseball Research
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Rube Waddell- Baseball Library
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Rube Waddell- National Baseball Hall of Fame Page
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Ripleys, THE STRAW HAT RIOT OF 1922: THE HARSH VERSION OF NO WHITE AFTER LABOR DAY
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@mycenadark1794 2 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of something my sister said recently "The funniest way to be a centrist isn't to be middling in all opinions, it's to be so extremely opinionated in so many directions that no one can pinpoint you"
@serpentgoat6875 2 жыл бұрын
Your sister is really intelligent! She should do something with that :) ❤️
@APoliticalConfusionAndMess 2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of someone...
@deprogramme369 2 жыл бұрын
hehehehehehe
@l.36125 Жыл бұрын
your sister might enjoy the youtube series centricide
@alexw.7097 Жыл бұрын
Never let them know your next move
@New_Wave_Nancy 2 жыл бұрын
I can't get over the fact that this character was born on Friday the 13th and died on April Fools Day.😆 Fascinating video.
@privateemail9755 2 жыл бұрын
Good thing it was all made up. Thank goodness.
@New_Wave_Nancy 2 жыл бұрын
@@privateemail9755 I was utterly baffled by your comment, but perhaps you don't realize I was using this definition of the word character: "a person marked by notable or conspicuous traits"
@maddieb.4282 2 жыл бұрын
@@privateemail9755 some characters are fictional, but the word is also used to describe someone who’s “larger than life.” It’s metaphorical language.
@rx500android 2 жыл бұрын
What a legend
@nudimane_ 2 жыл бұрын
i was born on april 1st.. oh no
@complainielainie 2 жыл бұрын
I love the contrast between being obsessed with firefighting to the point of burning his hands on a wagon for a boy and being an abuser who eats animal crackers in bed. We all contain a vast multitude
@Bugg...0_o Жыл бұрын
Lol, I know you didn't intend for it, but somehow your sentence structure implied eating animal crackers in bed is up there with spousal abuse, which I guess isnt funny, but for some reas9n it just hit me wrong I guess, pun absolutelynot intended, i just dont know how to phrase it differently, lol. Tbf, I also get irate at anyone eating things like crackers in bed (no, not saying it's remotely as bad as the other, don't come at youtube people!)
@Dustinlove102 11 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@soaringspirits2267 4 ай бұрын
@buggjohnson1648 Naw, message clear bro. The implication was vaguely silly.
@headcandi93 2 жыл бұрын
"Shrek couldn't stand sleeping in a bed full of crumbs" Some absolutely choice quotes in this one 🤣
@molochsorcery4357 Жыл бұрын
That's because Shrek hadn't met Donkey yet.
@AndersWatches Жыл бұрын
@BK Beatty probably from the muffin man
@user-yg4pj4ed6p 27 күн бұрын
WHAT ARE YOU EATIN' IN MAH SWAAMMMPP??!!!
@mintjaan 2 жыл бұрын
When people compare me to a Victorian boy, it's mostly because of my hatred for straw hats between the months of September through February.
@ckind2098 2 жыл бұрын
As the unofficial patron saint of tomfoolery & shenanigans, it seems appropriate that he would pass away on April Fool's Day. Rest in peace, you ridiculous man
@milknhoneyhoney 2 жыл бұрын
Amen!! May we all be blessed by Saint Rube
@moneyman1995100 Жыл бұрын
@@milknhoneyhoney I’m an atheist but I pray to St. Rube.
@user-mw3zv9km2f 2 жыл бұрын
I fully expected each anecdote to end with, "...and that's how he died."
@confusedhuman5151 Жыл бұрын
I physically cannot express how funny it is that he had to sign into his contract that he wouldn’t eat animal crackers in bed because his friend shrek got annoyed
@dandelion473 2 жыл бұрын
This man is like all of my ADHD impulses rolled into one person, minus the drinking and wife hitting of course 😅
@adhdweirdo4314 2 жыл бұрын
Y u p
@nany____ 2 жыл бұрын
Me during the whole story: "that dude's autistic af" 10/10 relatable character 😂
@ragdollrose2687 2 жыл бұрын
True, I was only a couple minutes in and I was like "Sounds neurodivergent" 😆
@rudelittleant3654 2 жыл бұрын
@@nany____ as an autistic person, he's So autistic
@influencer20XX 2 жыл бұрын
@@rudelittleant3654 u gotta wonder how many legendary figures in history were simply autistic lmao
@JordanSullivanadventures Жыл бұрын
I like how the one time his pitching is actually affected by an injury is not from his gator wrestling, not from saving a metal wagon from a burning building, not from his in-laws' dog biting a chunk out of his arm, But from wrestling a straw hat off his friend's head.
@Smeagolthevile 2 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, by the time of his third wife he was only THIRTY THREE?! He did all that in 33 years?! THIS MAN
@tjenadonn6158 Жыл бұрын
This guy fit more living into a year than most people fit into an entire life.
@somerandomgoblin2583 2 жыл бұрын
Props to the actors who had to improv through Rube firing 40 blanks on accident.
@panqueque445 2 жыл бұрын
"The Jacksonville Cummers" If baseball teams still had names like that today, I'd probably watch.
@jacklandismusic Жыл бұрын
Rhode Island School of Design’s sports teams are called the Nads and the Balls, and they have a mascot called Scrotie (Scrotie is exactly what you’d expect him to be). It’s fuckin wild.
@apcolleen 11 ай бұрын
Jacksonville's current baseball team is called the Jumbo Shrimp lol
@jessehammer123 3 ай бұрын
I can’t find the Jacksonville Cummers/Comers. I believe Kaz was referring to the Columbia Comers, in a league which also had a team in Jacksonville.
@DeliveryMcGee 2 ай бұрын
@@apcolleen Florida, you have to specify. There's a Jacksonville in every state, and I doubt Rube got it all the way to Florida, seeing as how every other team he played for was in the northeast/midwest. But on the subject of minor-league teams still having silly names, the Jumbo Shrimp are among such greats as the Albuquerque Isotopes, Amarillo Sod Poodles, Lansing Lugnuts, and Rocket City* Trash Pandas. And those are all feeder teams for MLB teams, one or two steps below the big time. *Huntsville, Alabama
@dismurrart6648 2 жыл бұрын
Rube came in on Friday the 13th and went out on April 1st. Truly a man destined for a wild life
@Bugg...0_o Жыл бұрын
Bold of you to assume he left. If I was an immortal being (the evidence is there: thrill seeking behavior, surviving many dangerous incidents, etc) who had the sense of humor Rube had, I too might claim my birthday was Friday the 13th and would definitely pick April fools day to fake my death. 😂
@sallonemia 2 жыл бұрын
i just kept repeating "this dude rules!" up until the domestic violence
@friendlyneigborhoodbean 4 ай бұрын
I was so ready to stan
@tinajohnston8139 2 жыл бұрын
My grandfather was called Rube even though his legal name was John. I didn’t hear about the “gullible country boy” meaning until I was in high school. That meaning definitely could have fit him, since he grew up on a farm. But now I like to think that his parents were Rube Waddell fans, and decided to nickname their 3rd child after him. The timing checks out.
@DeidreL9 2 жыл бұрын
There’s a Brit saying, “schilling the rubes”, not sure of exact spelling of first word, which means, loosely, conning the simple folk. It’s a time piece isn’t it? Of its time. Kind of glad Rube’s surname wasn’t spelt Waddle😊
@angeliccell Жыл бұрын
Imagine being Rubes roommate and you hear little munching noises from under the covers at 12:30 and start just absolutely losing your shit. "GOD DAMNIT RUBE! YOU PROMISED!!" ⚰️
@APoliticalConfusionAndMess 2 жыл бұрын
1990s: "Don't go chasin' waterfalls" Victorian era: "Don't go chasin' fire-engines"
@aTwistedSista 2 жыл бұрын
Is anybody else living for all these crazy victorian-era baseball team names?
@kazza6078 2 жыл бұрын
This story is nuts. Even more crazy is that I am watching this on my "loved it, rewatch later" playlist and yet I don't remember a single piece of this video. It's not you, I remember tons of things in your other videos, I think this man is just so illusive even my memory can't hold him.
@xanderguyer7512 2 жыл бұрын
I LOVE hearing you talk about weird dudes from history. I have a suggestion! Francis Bacon, the artist, BUT specifically as told through the biographies of Michael Peppiatt, who followed the artist around like a stray dog for a while. It can get grim, but it's really interesting.
@sofialima4521 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed! A curious and somewhat mysterious figure.
@amb600cd0 2 жыл бұрын
i love francis, wonderful art, incredibly interesting life.
@withlovefalseortrue9839 2 жыл бұрын
I like this! One of my favorite artists. :) I found about him from a documentary on KZfaq.
@simonj4889 2 жыл бұрын
I love his art so much, but know almost nothing about his life. It would be sick to learn!!!
@mikemclain2998 2 жыл бұрын
Definitely a weird guy. This would be a great video!
@lefteyereport6354 2 жыл бұрын
Jacksonville resident here, the team being named the Cummers is in reference to the once powerful and wealthy Cummer family, whose Riverside mansions have since been converted into one of the best local art museums. I volunteered there in highschool! Also, Jacksonville in general was really interesting around this time; being the railroad hub of Florida and a major port, it had a really diverse population and the Lavilla neighborhood was known as the Harlem of the South. The first use of the word blues, Ray Charles' first performances, a Beatles concert that the band had to nearly boycott to have integrated, James Weldon Johnson and many other critical artistic moments from American history happened here, primarily in a neighborhood that was bulldozed in the 90s.
@emmettbattle5728 2 жыл бұрын
i appreciate this!
@tylerramos7633 2 жыл бұрын
And now it’s like floridas version of Afghanistan lol
@carsfan1995 Жыл бұрын
So the Cummers is named after a wealthy family who lived in mansion that flowed to everywhere in Florida. I was trying to make a joke of that. Whether it succeeds or not is up to you.
@YOSSARIAN313 Жыл бұрын
Duuuval
@cyberpunk-2O77 Жыл бұрын
The struggle to not name a child Max would be immense.
@DannyFitzgerald 2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Rube's firetruck-chasing served as inspiration for Gary Cooper's character in Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936) who was similarly a small-town "rube" with a penchant for amateur firefighting...
@sarahwatts7152 2 жыл бұрын
Intriguing, and seems to me like it would be possible!
@LixiaWinter 2 жыл бұрын
If Rube stepped on lego barefeet, the lego piece would crack
@russellfacemire 2 жыл бұрын
I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS MAN --EDIT-- Maybe not the senseless acts of violence against family members, but hey.
@Mel29766 2 жыл бұрын
Hello! My name is Melissa Waddell, and I am a direct descendent of George Edward "Rube" Waddell. He is my great great great uncle! I love your video, and could validate/verify information for you if you were interested! Thank you for your interest in my family history! And yes, the insanity DOES run in the family! Hahaha!
@flygirl6048 Жыл бұрын
So so cool!!!
@bandidocavalier 10 ай бұрын
thoughts on fire trucks?
@jeffwaddell8359 9 ай бұрын
A bit insane maybe...but in the baseball Hall of Fame nonetheless!! Proud of our family heritage actually
@friendlyneigborhoodbean 4 ай бұрын
@@bandidocavalier this guy's asking the real questions
@Dan-ud8hz 2 жыл бұрын
Doc Ellis pitching a no-hitter while tripping on LSD was also a pretty weird event in baseball history. Just saying.
@lefteyereport6354 2 жыл бұрын
That's how I aced my chem lab final
@tjenadonn6158 Жыл бұрын
Basically anything Manny Ramirez did would also count. One of my personal favorites: one time while he was playing with the Red Sox he left the field and went through a door in the left field wall to take a piss mid-game: there isn't a toilet back there, but in his words he "figured it out." His family didn't know he played baseball until they saw a segment on the news about him being drafted to the minor leagues straight out of high school. He named both of his sons Manny Jr. The channel Baseball Doesn't Exist did a video on him going through the major highlights of his career, and it's too insane to be fictional.
@Leotv19 11 ай бұрын
@@tjenadonn6158manny was a trip, I wish I was old enough to truly appreciate the craziness when he was playing
@Sarvusify 2 жыл бұрын
Man this dude really lived the life, just following the dopamine
@imfiveone7158 2 жыл бұрын
he was a golden retriever of a man
@ploopydiper 2 жыл бұрын
No literally oh my god
@rx500android 2 жыл бұрын
So true
@celery8059 2 жыл бұрын
Himbo
@PeonyBrine 2 жыл бұрын
Also a pedophile tho
@thebrutusmars Жыл бұрын
Aside from the alcoholism and wife-hitting, of course
@williamcarter1993 2 жыл бұрын
the 3Fs of Rube Waddell- fighting, firefighting, and fishing I like these videos on random strange people in life
@redactedredacted6656 2 жыл бұрын
I would love to see live laugh love style merch of fistfight firefight fish
@Kairi98503 2 жыл бұрын
Oh to be a man who is so good at the thing that he still had a job in said thing after just, leaving in the middle of work, to chase trucks like an over excited dog. Oh what a life that would be, a simpler one. Edit: is it just me or was the 'I have a podcast' tinder profile just seemed to come out of nowhere? Like, I didn't expect him to be a saint but I am suprised he wasn't looking for someone as unhinged as himself. 'Rube needs a woman with strong legs, as too keep up with him when the fire engines ride by the home or field.'
@maddieb.4282 2 жыл бұрын
Babe Ruth is a pretty wild character too, early baseball was incredibly chaotic and hilarious, there were almost zero rules and only real weirdos seemed to be pro players 😂 there’s a book called Summer 1927 that describes everything that happened that year (excellent btw, highly recommend) and it includes so many GREAT passages about Ruth’s home run streak that year and a bunch of other players!!
@maddieb.4282 2 жыл бұрын
Also this series could feature SO many interesting people…. I would love to request Mata Hari and Brian Wilson! Both have had absolutely roller coaster lives and there’s so much there to talk about
@darkmatterburger Жыл бұрын
“BABE RUTH ATE A CHILD” -Natasha Lyonne
@MaxOakland 4 ай бұрын
This makes it a lot more clear why people were into baseball back then
@thyrssus 2 жыл бұрын
born on friday the 13th, died on april’s fools… that tells you just about everything you need to know about him
@basementdwellercosplay 2 жыл бұрын
My family are all huge baseball fans, but not me and my sister. There was a rally cat at a game I was looped into viewing and literally all I remember from the game was a cat ran into the field who was later adopted. I don't even know if we won
@Prizzlesticks 2 жыл бұрын
"Don't Go Chasing Firetrucks" is probably the long awaited follow-up to "Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls"
@juststatedtheobvious9633 2 жыл бұрын
Somehow, this entire thing sounds like the cross between a middle aged man's tall tale and a 5 year old's...but only if the two were competing with each other.
@slormp 2 жыл бұрын
This was an absolute trip, some people are just simply main characters.
@GrumpSupport 2 жыл бұрын
That man is just the personification of chaos.
@Lyiad 2 жыл бұрын
I demand that this man's life be turned into a movie. It's too good not to tell this story!
@efoxkitsune9493 8 ай бұрын
The thing about that is that nobody would believe it's not fictional
@FloralDinosaur 2 жыл бұрын
Im fully awake and can understand words very well and was ready to believe that the dudes message was "keep away from booze and ziggurats" cause yea fair enough
@pjkelly4806 2 жыл бұрын
Rube chasing firetrucks in the middle of a baseball game is... So pure.
@freedom_mayor 2 жыл бұрын
i like that back in the day there was so many fires that it was even feasible to run off the field to go fight a fire more than twice. i think i've only seen like one house fire in my life
@YOSSARIAN313 2 жыл бұрын
Electricity made house fires less of an issue
@Mavisdundundunnnmanston 2 жыл бұрын
Im gonna start calling my cat a rube. Also, I want Chris Hemsworth to play Rube in a film.
@rx500android 2 жыл бұрын
Omg yes
@friendlyneigborhoodbean 4 ай бұрын
Why is there not a Rube movie yet?! (probably cause way too much happened for it all to be covered in a movie)
@casketkitty9917 Жыл бұрын
Rube Waddell was really the Rasputin 2.0. Apparently life and death were having a really odd and if only tipsy a rather drunken poker game to see what would take both men out. So fascinating how such people have living such wild and interesting life's and more so as to how they end.
@ryanscates1011 Жыл бұрын
Rube Waddell, the original Florida man
@sofialima4521 2 жыл бұрын
Rube Wadell seems to be the definition of chaotic, random decisions up and down, I love it! Also, the names of the teams had me dying. Great video!
@w.hawkins744 2 жыл бұрын
YES early MLB has so many wacky characters, it's one of my historical niches lol!
@morganbrownie42 10 ай бұрын
The stakes just kept getting higher every time I thought “surely it can’t get weirder than this” 😂
@commodorezelda 2 жыл бұрын
Looking at the title I wasn't sold on the sportsball topic, but then I figured, if Kaz thinks it's worth covering then it must be good. And it was.
@thatssoderek2188 2 жыл бұрын
I recently did a fresh playthrough of Outer Worlds by Obsidian which has a similar turn of the century retro futurism vibe. And I always thought the weird and outlandish characters in the game were a bit of an exaggeration. But learning about people like Rube and it all suddenly makes a whole lot of sense. I guess people are still as strange in modern times. Just strange in different ways. Also can we talk more about the bonkers dress code rules around Labour Day and the likes? I feel there could be a whole series on the topic.
@Fuchswinter 2 жыл бұрын
I do not know anything nor do I care much about baseball. That being said, this was entertaining as hell. What a legend. Running off in the middle of a game because your attention is on your special interest is relatable af. Side question: You pronounce “ball” in a very interesting way I’ve not heard so far. Is that a California thing? (I’m European so not super educated with the intricacies of US accents.)
@vivk2932 2 жыл бұрын
I think they were putting on some sort of new York accent (Brooklyn maybe? I'm Canadian idk) when saying baseball, and that's why they pronounced it that way?
@page9818 2 жыл бұрын
Ya they were effecting a New York accent (new York accents sometimes put a "w" like sound in front of vowels: cwoffe, bwall, dwog) & strong new York accents are considered fun/funny hence them poking fun at it
@VinceWhitacre 2 жыл бұрын
Baseball at the turn of the 20th century had a tendency of giving players increasingly cruel nicknames - players from the country were called "Rube" (regardless of their gullibility), hefty players were called "Fatty" or... um... "Blimp," and I am absolutely not going to repeat what dark-complected players were called in baseball's segregated days. Couldn't click on this one fast enough. Waddell is one of the greatest "Kaz Rowe Video Characters" in baseball history.
@RevertedRashidah 2 жыл бұрын
“Dark-complected” should not be in your vocabulary at this point. Do better.
@VinceWhitacre 2 жыл бұрын
@@RevertedRashidah that is a fair point. What I was trying to say is that regardless of their ethnicity (at the time, remember that Major League Baseball was strictly segregated) players whose skin was dark were given racist nicknames.
@a-rat-in-your-walls 2 жыл бұрын
@@RevertedRashidah I don't mean this in a rude way, but what's wrong with dark-complected? It seems to just he saying someone has a dark completion, so if there's a racist history behind the term I'd love to hear it.
@exittomenu 2 жыл бұрын
this is the most chaotic energy of a person ive ever heard of lol, your videos are always the most interesting of any of my subs - not a dud among them
@lucidthomas4402 2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that you're still telling people to wash their hands and wear a mask. Feels like a lot of people have given up on things this far in.
@slowloris2894 2 жыл бұрын
I do get tired of people calling everyone autistic if they're a little weird as someone with autism. However him being gullable mixed with the misunderstanding of social norms sounds like he's got a bit of the 'tism. and I am proud. Edit: Just got to the end of the video... lol sorry. Autism is not something that is wrong with you, though.(as it took me years of therapy to accept.)
@sweetlittlenothing7696 Жыл бұрын
"he's got a bit of the 'tism" i absolutely love this
@sarahrobertson634 Жыл бұрын
Yes, it is something that is wrong with you.
@NerdySabbath Жыл бұрын
@@sarahrobertson634 Is being a fishy cunted twat what's wrong with you?
@sarahrobertson634 Жыл бұрын
@@NerdySabbath Yup.
@danielletoriz4639 11 ай бұрын
@@sarahrobertson634but it’s not? Just because someone’s brain works differently than the majority doesn’t necessarily mean they’re something “wrong” with them they just learn differently 🤷🏼♀️
@claudialomeli4048 2 жыл бұрын
Why Jiji didn't get a tiny cap? The problem with quirky people, is that they're only fun when you're not the one dealing with them, when you actually have to suffer the consequences of their actions, you realize they're not quirky, they're just assholes.
@undeadmaruchan2311 2 жыл бұрын
"rube had to sign in his contract that he wouldn't eat animal crackers in bed" me, watching this video while eating animal crackers in bed: 😶
@MaxOakland 4 ай бұрын
Be thankful
@codysmith3853 Жыл бұрын
as someone on the autsim spectrum and with adhd, rube feels like a Kindred Spirit
@Ollebolle112 2 жыл бұрын
Rube's manager: pl-please just show up to the game RUBE: *B A L L*
@voidify3 2 жыл бұрын
That new york characetr voice "throw da bwall" GOT ME
@TimeToRemind 2 жыл бұрын
That dad polo is of the finest quality 👌🔥🤠
@maryeckel9682 2 жыл бұрын
That placket!
@krixkhaos 2 жыл бұрын
I did not expect a video about baseball to be so thoroughly entertaining. It got pretty sobering toward the end there... but then you HAD to go and say he died on April Fools. What a man. What a character. What a story.
@brucehartnell1475 Жыл бұрын
As a baseball fanatic and history buff I was familiar with this story. What’s intriguing is that it shows up on this channel. EXCELLENT job of telling the story from a “every day” perspective. That perspective might be out of context however. There’s a lot of drudgery in the lifestyle of athletics, and much more so back then, when they played all day games. Those guys had decent money for their time and free evenings. Added together with the varying educational accomplishments of these guys and you ended up with a lot of characters. Babe Ruth was nicknamed “Babe” because he grew up in an orphanage and never went anywhere until he got out of the orphanage at age 18. The first time he was in a hotel he rode the elevator all day for fun. Good job with this story and the channel
@mollywantshugs5944 2 жыл бұрын
13:43 well, that escalated quickly
@ainoruoste9338 2 жыл бұрын
What an interesting person and very well told history! Now I'll have something to talk about with a US baseball fan even though I have never seen a single match. Thank you for telling these stories!
@ShubhamBhushanCC 2 жыл бұрын
Rube is basically my life goals. Fish and play as the fancy takes you
@nudimane_ 2 жыл бұрын
his chaotic energy is inspiring
@thelpcritic Жыл бұрын
"... began crying and swore he would change his ways. He did not."
@Boggythefroggy 2 жыл бұрын
My dad really loves baseball and got me into it as a kid, and man some of the stories, especially in the older days are super wild. Like just looking into Babe Ruth’s life is a pretty good ride haha. Also funny enough my dad pitched for his baseball team growing up and still pitches now and is ambidextrous, throwing mainly with his left! It’s funny how many pitchers are left handed.
@619Slipk Жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie... He's seems truly worthy of "Rube"
@diablica8134 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for introducing me to Rube, I never heard of this truelly unique man and I have no idea how I went this far without learning of Rube.
@rocketamadeus3730 Жыл бұрын
"Baseball" yeah "Fishing" Yep, sure "Chasing fire trucks"
@Teefs001 2 жыл бұрын
Loved every minute of this! Never thought I'd be so captivated by a baseball player.
@dr.batman 2 жыл бұрын
Love that he bared it all so people could live. What a true hero 🔥🦸🏻♂️ 🙌
@laurenaliciaaily 2 жыл бұрын
Seeing Tutter in every video is a real highlight of my day
@bioarv111 2 жыл бұрын
"and uhh...chasing firetrucks" That's when I knew this guy is a legend
@EdenYell 2 жыл бұрын
Bring back Victorian Baseball Team Names!
@michelleforbes3525 8 ай бұрын
I recently discovered my great-great grandpa and Rube's mom were siblings. Making Rube my 1st cousin 3x removed.
@QuantumTelephone 2 жыл бұрын
Just goes to show, as long as you're good at one thing, you can pretty much do whatever the fuck you want
@samparr3368 11 ай бұрын
the straw hat shit sounds like exactly the kind of bizarre convention that would be observed by characters in an I Think You Should Leave sketch
@badtzmadi4419 Жыл бұрын
just got major whiplash hearing his ad was in the Scranton Times-Tribune, I had an internship there last year
@tracychristenson177 11 ай бұрын
This guy's entire life is like one of those dreams where you're in some random place, doing something crazy, and then, suddenly you're in a different place, doing something else weird.
@DrThrustbone 2 жыл бұрын
You rock love the videos, showing love to the oddities that history hasn’t paid much mind to
@joebodsford1683 Жыл бұрын
HOW does this not have more views?? Recently found your channel, Kaz, and I've got to say... I absolutely love every video I've seen. This is definitely in the top 5.
@chloeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 2 жыл бұрын
i thought nothing in this vid woud get me until i heard “jacksonville comers” at which point i fully broke down into hysterical laughter. beautiful video
@SugarxXxCoated 2 жыл бұрын
🎶"Don't go chasing fire engines🎶 Please stick to the fish and the geese that you're used to"🎶
@neppy6319 2 жыл бұрын
Just want to say I just found your channel and I am loving your content. It is right up my alley. Also, if you look at the history of early baseball it is full of interesting characters.
@alannacrow9544 2 жыл бұрын
This is something of a comfort video for me for some reason, thank you
@Jeff-hy1eb Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Kaz, for this thorough review of Rube Waddell's life. As far as I can tell, you enjoyed making this video, and I definitely enjoyed learning something about his quirky deeds.
@davidrausch7941 Жыл бұрын
I absolutely live the incredulity of Victorian-era customs...I mean, people would come up to you and "smash" your cute lil straw hat cause it was winter hat weather time. Also that headline "Bares Heards from Battery to Bronx" man it really was an innocent time huh
@chileanzombie42 2 жыл бұрын
You always choose such interesting topics and I just love your channel.
@OtseisRagnarok 2 жыл бұрын
he lived a short life, but honestly, probably experienced more than most who lived twice as long.
@tinymxnticore 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly I’m no longer sure if you make all these stories up but I live for them 🥰
@k.lambda4948 2 жыл бұрын
Baseball has all the best stories. I'm sure I don't know why. But this was a clssic baseball story in every possible way. Thank you
@sailoreris 2 жыл бұрын
He just let his intrusive thoughts win
@martymcflown3707 2 жыл бұрын
My ADHD ass has never related more to a historical figure.
@sebastianwagner7334 Жыл бұрын
I am two thirds through this video and somehow it still keeps getting more batshit with every sentence...
@LITMasonEdits 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing as always! You've quickly become one of my favorite channels!
@Badlandswolf 2 жыл бұрын
Initially I clicked on this video because Waddell is my stepdad’s last name (possible ancestor?) And I’m glad that I did because I kept laughing at all of the hilarious things Rube did. What a man. ⚾️🐊🎣
@AnthroFiend 2 жыл бұрын
These takes me back to the days when I was actually actively interested in baseball…what a chaotic icon…
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