Comments (12) (Please sign in to comment)

1. 

   Kosaka Jinnai said, 8 months ago

   Okay, can someone from the generation who grew up watching Ty Cobb explain this joke?
2. 

   landshark67 said, 8 months ago

   I don’t think there are many people left who watched Ty Cobb, he was an original Hall of Fame inductee. He was known as the meanest man to play baseball. He would sharpen his cleats so he people would be afraid to tag him out when he stole bases.
3. 

   Ronald Davis said, 8 months ago

   @Kosaka Jinnai

   Maybe it relates to jokes many decades ago about talking dogs who were asked questions of which the answer was e.g. “roof” and “bark”. I think [Babe] Ruth was one of those answers.

   There must be a better answer; this comic is usually pretty good.
4. 

   K M said, 8 months ago

   I’m used to the talking dog/Babe Ruth joke as well. It usually ends with the dog asking his master, “Should I have said DiMaggio?”
5. 

   MeGoNow said, 8 months ago

   “Hey, I’m a dog.What do I know about baseball? Ask me when dinnertime is.”
6. 

   tsandl said, 8 months ago

   @Kosaka Jinnai

   Probably not, unless Utnapishtim or the Eight Immortals or the Wandering Jew happened to be fans, but the previous comments have the gist of it. It’s a reference to the old chestnut about the dog answering questions with answers like “Rough”, “Roof”, and (of course) “Ruth”, but in this case the vicious growl is a pretty good Ty Cobb impersonation.
7. 

   NoTsOpUrFiKt said, 8 months ago

   Mainly the joke is that the talking dog gimmick did not work, so he ad-libbed.
8. 

   Comic Minister said, 8 months ago

   Wrong Answer Rudy!
9. 

   comicsssfan said, 8 months ago

   Ty Cobb probably did used to growl.
10. 

    Neo Blakkrstal said, 8 months ago

    @Kosaka Jinnai

    He was mean. Played the game with an edge that has rarely been matched.
11. 

    whmIII said, 8 months ago

    Willie Mays…far and away.
12. 

    lily245pj said, 8 months ago

    Babe Ruth..
13. Refresh Comments.