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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I don't see why that would be. Much of the staying power of the Called Shot is its ambiguity and Ruth's own shifting story.

I think you’re probably right, at least for a small subset of the population that includes people around here.

For the rest of the country/world, my sense is that the legend is already so well socialized that it has legs and will endure regardless of the facts. It’s just that ingrained.