Did you know that Babe Ruth used to endorse White Owl cigars?
It's true. The baseball legend and first ballot Hall-of-Famer was the biggest sports figure of his era -- think LeBron James, Tom Brady and Derek Jeter all rolled into one, with the added bonus of an outsized personality to match his portly build. Even as his career was drawing to a close, companies clamored to get him to use their products.
Ruth was a big cigar smoker, as the photos and newsreels from the era can attest. There aren't many shots of him where he isn't chomping on cigars. He even had a cigar named after him in an endorsement deal back when he played for the Boston Red Sox, before the infamous deal in which he was sold to the Yankees. And he was never shy about making some extra money by endorsing products -- if he were an athlete today, he'd be chomping down Oreos alongside Peyton Manning, for sure. But by the end of the career, both he and his wife were featured in magazine advertisements extolling the virtues of White Owl cigars.
That brand is still available today, and you can buy them here at Thompson Cigar. If you're smoking White Owl cigars and your friends give you grief, just tell them "Babe Ruth endorsed my cigars, buddy. How about yours?" They'll have no response, and you'll be able to safely puff away.
It's true. The baseball legend and first ballot Hall-of-Famer was the biggest sports figure of his era -- think LeBron James, Tom Brady and Derek Jeter all rolled into one, with the added bonus of an outsized personality to match his portly build. Even as his career was drawing to a close, companies clamored to get him to use their products.
Ruth was a big cigar smoker, as the photos and newsreels from the era can attest. There aren't many shots of him where he isn't chomping on cigars. He even had a cigar named after him in an endorsement deal back when he played for the Boston Red Sox, before the infamous deal in which he was sold to the Yankees. And he was never shy about making some extra money by endorsing products -- if he were an athlete today, he'd be chomping down Oreos alongside Peyton Manning, for sure. But by the end of the career, both he and his wife were featured in magazine advertisements extolling the virtues of White Owl cigars.
That brand is still available today, and you can buy them here at Thompson Cigar. If you're smoking White Owl cigars and your friends give you grief, just tell them "Babe Ruth endorsed my cigars, buddy. How about yours?" They'll have no response, and you'll be able to safely puff away.
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