Babe Ruth 'called shot' jersey to be auctioned in August

[packs]

I hear a lot of people say they would have thrown at Ruth if he did point, but is that really likely?

By 1932, Ruth had become the King of baseball and throughout the entire year, he was only hit by two pitches. Would they have really thrown at him? Wouldn't that be like throwing at Ohtani?

Nobody ever hit Gretzky regardless of what he was doing, for example.

[NiceDocter]

This apparently was an interview with Gehrig just a few days after the "Called Shot" game..... I never knew Gehrig hit Roots next pitch for a HR also! Gehrig tells it in his own words......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhamMdkktFQ

[jacksons]

Guy Bush, the Cubs starting pitcher in the very next game (Game 4), drilled Ruth in the wrist. So yeah, they threw at him.

On his jog down to first base Ruth yelled to Bush if that was his fastball because it felt like a gnat bit him.

Originally Posted by packs

I hear a lot of people say they would have thrown at Ruth if he did point, but is that really likely?

By 1932, Ruth had become the King of baseball and throughout the entire year, he was only hit by two pitches. Would they have really thrown at him? Wouldn't that be like throwing at Ohtani?

Nobody ever hit Gretzky regardless of what he was doing, for example.

[packs]

Is there a story behind that? Wouldn't that maybe add credence to the lore as some kind of payback? Or did Ruth do something else?

[jacksons]

This game, and Series, are full of stories. A lot of the drama between the two teams had to do with the Cubs not giving full shares to Mark Koenig, a beloved former Yankee teammate.

Some background on Guy Bush:

https://sabr.org/journal/article/guy...om-pittsburgh/

Originally Posted by packs

Is there a story behind that? Wouldn't that maybe add credence to the lore as some kind of payback? Or did Ruth do something else?

[Peter_Spaeth]

LOL. Odd burden of proof.

The 1995 Grey Flannel Auctions listing reads: "Every expert is in agreement that this jersey is authentic and 100% original in every respect [...] not one of these experts can definitively say that it is not Babe Ruth's 1932 World Series jersey."

[robw1959]

Originally Posted by jacksons

Guy Bush, the Cubs starting pitcher in the very next game (Game 4), drilled Ruth in the wrist. So yeah, they threw at him.

On his jog down to first base Ruth yelled to Bush if that was his fastball because it felt like a gnat bit him.

I don't think Ruth gets enough credit for what he accomplished over the course of his career. Of course he got hit with pitched balls plenty of times. In fact, he seldom even got anything to even swing at, as pitchers were always doing their best to avoid throwing anything in the zone to him. So many of his home runs came on pitches that weren't even strikes! On top of that, they wouldn't just toss a baseball aside every time it touched the ground like they do today. Often, between the spitball tobacco juice, which was allowable back then, and the pummeling from being batted around, the baseball would be quite blackened and softened by the time the Babe came up for the third time. And he still managed to get home runs . . . over the 450' centerfield fences that were common place back then. What a player!

[packs]

Per baseball reference, Ruth was only hit 43 times in over 10,500 plate appearances. In 1927, when hit 60 homes runs, he wasn't hit once the entire season.