Barry
If this event was real, and not a myth, Charley Root would never, ever admit to it.
Here's what Gabby Hartnett (in his first World Series) said of Ruth's "called shot"......
"I don't want to take anything away from the Babe, but he didn't call the shot. He held up the index finger of his left hand,
looked at our dugout, not at center field, and said, `It only takes one to hit it.'" For what it's worth, existing film seems to
back Gabby's account."
WHATEVER......Ruth's HR traveled 490 feet and was the very last HR that the Babe hit in World Series play.
TED Z
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