porkchops
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I want it to be true , so , it's true .
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I was wayyyyy off
I mean, to me there are really 3 ppl who can truly account that event:
1. Babe
2. Catcher
3. Umpire
But we will never know
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Actually we do know:
The origin of the "called shot"
"As soon as the ball left Ruth’s bat in the fifth inning, Davis J. Walsh, sports editor of the International News Service, “leaped to his feet and shouted, ‘Hey, he hit it exactly where he had pointed.’”
From the pitcher Charlie Root:
"Ruth most certainly did not call his home run in that game,” said Root years later. “I ought to know. I was there.”18 Root claimed that he would never have allowed Ruth to show him up without retaliating: “I’d have put one in his ear and knocked him on his ass.”
From the pitcher's daughter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWj0-Xh6Jag
From the Catcher Gabby Hartnett
"According to Hartnett biographer William McNeil, Gabby later said, “I don’t want to take anything from the Babe, because he’s the reason we made good money, but he didn’t call the shot. He held up the index finger of his left hand … and said, ‘It only takes one to hit.’ "
From the Cubs second baseman, Hall of Famer Billy Herman
"“If he’d have pointed and hit it there, he’d have been on his ass the rest of the series,” said Herman. “The Cub pitchers would have retaliated and sent the Babe sprawling with a blizzard of knockdown pitches. Our bench was on him, calling him everything, a big, fat baboon, everything you could think of. He was pointing toward our dugout, not to center field."
From Ruth himself:
"In 1933, Hal Totten, who did the Play-by-Play for WMAQ radio from 1924-1935, asked Babe Ruth if he had pointed to center field. Ruth replied:
Hell no. It isn’t a fact. Only a damned fool would have done a thing like that. You know there was a lot of pretty rough ribbing going on both benches during the World Series. When I swung and missed that first one, those Cubs really gave me a blast. So I grinned at them and held out one finger and told ’em it only takes one to do it.
Then there was that second strike, and they let me have it again. So I held up that finger again, and I said I still had one left. Now kid, you know damn well I wasn’t pointing anywhere. If I had done that, Root would have stuck the ball in my ear. I never knew anybody who could tell you ahead of time where he was going to hit a baseball. When I get to be that kind of fool, they’ll put me in the booby hatch."
I had the great pleasure to speak to a number of people who were in attendance that fall day in 1932 and while many want to believe that Ruth called his shot most, if not all admit he really didnt as he was just giving loads of crap right back at the Cubs that day.
Many of the quotes I copied are from SABR articles or from the Hall of Fame and I would be happy to cite them if need be.
That is the thing, for 1. Ruth was known for changing the story (let alone remember a name). The second baseman can't POSSIBLY confirm if he did or did not. The catcher would've been able to, but had his back turned at that very moment..the pitchers daughter? Well, I'll leave that one alone
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If we stay with the facts we know that he was just lucky as even Ruth admitted many times he never called his shot. But this is a story that will continue into infinity with those on both sides believing what they know to be true.
As I mentioned I had the great opportunity to talk to many who were there and even a few on the field that day and to a person they say he never called his shot and that is what I am believing.
Thats the beauty of baseball and it's history, the lore and legend can continue despite the facts and to me, that is a good thing!!
Yah, which one is it, Enfuego?Post 1 "almost certain he did", post 11 "maybe he did", post 29 "he did not"......
Yah, which one is it, Enfuego?
You changed your mind three times in this thread.