I worked at Wrigley in the 80's and was able to talk to a few old timers that were there for the game. These were guys that worked at the stadium as grounds crew and an electrician and even George Brace and to a man, they said he never called his shot.
Apparently the Cubs traded for Mark Koenig that year but only voted him a half share of the world series bonus. Since he was a favorite of many of the Yankees, they were giving the Cubs alot grief in the series. When Ruth came to bat the Cubs bench was giving him the business and after the 1st pitch that he let go by he held up a finger and said "thats one!". The next pitch went by and looked towards the Cubs dugout and said "thats two". The next pitch he would hot into the right field bleachers for the infamous home run.
Like I said, each man I talked to said that Ruth never called his shot. I think Ruth even called himself a lucky SOB for that home run!
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