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Originally Posted by Rudder
Nothing is doctored on the photo. Just like when I sat in the space shuttle.
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Man that was some flight huh? Crazy that NASA let us smoke in the cargo bay...
EDIT to assuage the wise-a@@ remarks - there is actually quite a bit about the Babe and cigars even the fact that he owned a percentage of a cigar factory in Boston:
Over the next few years, big-league managers like Connie Mack and John McGraw barnstormed with teams through Cuba and competed against the best Cuban and Negro League stars. Méndez and Pedroso dueled with the likes of Eddie Plank, Chief Bender, and Christy Mathewson. McGraw toured with his New York Giants after the 1920 season and added newly acquired Yankee slugger Babe Ruth to his roster. Ruth, who had learned to roll cigars at St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, had a life-long love affair with the puro. It was said that some of the initial balking he did over his sale from the Red Sox to New York was because he didn't want to leave his cigar factory in Boston.
Babe loved the idea of going to Havana and he gambled and smoked incessantly. He gained 25 pounds and had a good time. On the field it was a different story. José Méndez struck out "the Bambino" three times in one game. Meanwhile, Cuba's Cristóbal Torriente, who bore a physical resemblance to the Babe and had established himself as one of the top hitters in Cuba, hit three home runs for Almendares.
Im not saying it is not photoshopped, it just adds some weight to the argument that it could real especially if he participated in a factory in Boston.
Travis