The sheer number of autographed cards was breathtaking. Always liked Charlie Root and was happy my bid survived the crazy evening.
“Ruth most certainly did not call his home run in that game,” said Root years later. “I ought to know. I was there.” 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 SABR bio)
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