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Originally Posted by Kawika
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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Congrats on the card David.
I just want to add that I have a ball signed by the Cubs third baseman that day. On it he wrote " Babe Ruth did not call his HR in '32 WS. Woody English. I was there."