Ruth Didn't Point Homer Off Root!-Root Claimed

[Bigdaddy]

Somewhere I have a letter from Joe Sewell, one of Ruth's teammates, that he did indeed call his shot. I had written him in the late 80's asking about the game and he wrote back stating that Ruth called the shot before hitting it out.

Now I realize that does not make it the truth, but it's at least one eye witness's account.

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

Somewhere I have a letter from Joe Sewell, one of Ruth's teammates, that he did indeed call his shot. I had written him in the late 80's asking about the game and he wrote back stating that Ruth called the shot before hitting it out.

Now I realize that does not make it the truth, but it's at least one eye witness's account.

But what did Sewell's daughter-in-law have to say about it...?

[Butch7999]

Andrew, no, our apologies if our reference to the link came off as snarky. Just thought the link had gone unnoticed. Can you access it now?
That's the best footage we've seen of the episode.
Just us, but it looks less like the Bambino is pointing Bendix-fashion to declare his home-run intent and more like he's giving a GFY gesture to the Cub dugout...