Rube Waddell: Literally One of the WEIRDEST Guys in History

Start speaking a new language in 3 weeks with Babbel! Get up to 65% OFF your subscription ➡ Here: https://go.babbel.com/12m65-youtube-k... 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! Find me on Twitter:   / kazrowe   I'm on TikTok @ kazrowe Find me on IG:   / kaz.rowe   Buy my comics: https://gumroad.com/kazrowe Send me a ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/A347K4X Read my webcomic: https://www.cunningfire.com/ Catch it on Tapas: https://tapas.io/series/cunning-fire Line Webtoons: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge... Edited using DaVinci Resolve Studio 17 and the Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/prod... https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/prod... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sources: 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   / that-time-baseball-hall-of-famer-rube-wadd...   The Strangest Month in the Strange Career of Rube Waddell by Steven A. King for the Society for American Baseball Research https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-... Rube Waddell- Baseball Library https://web.archive.org/web/200812291... Rube Waddell- National Baseball Hall of Fame Page https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-fame... Ripleys, THE STRAW HAT RIOT OF 1922: THE HARSH VERSION OF NO WHITE AFTER LABOR DAY https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/st...