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

[Peter_Spaeth]

https://nypost.com/2014/02/01/chicag...s-called-shot/

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

https://nypost.com/2014/02/01/chicag...s-called-shot/

Anyone can refute anything from decades afar. So what. I believe, based on the 1st person reality of most of the people who were there and saw what transpired, that Ruth did call his shot. You and I will never know for sure. I choose to believe, based on a preponderance of evidence and reasonable doubt, that he did. Irrespective of his back and forth discussions on the subject, and irrespective of amateur, armchair analysis decades removed minus the facts.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Anyone can refute anything from decades afar. So what. I believe, based on the 1st person reality of most of the people who were there and saw what transpired, that Ruth did call his shot. You and I will never know for sure. I choose to believe, based on a preponderance of evidence and reasonable doubt, that he did. Irrespective of his back and forth discussions on the subject, and irrespective of amateur, armchair analysis decades removed minus the facts.

Did you even read it before debunking it? It's based on lots of contemporaneous evidence.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Did you even read it before debunking it? It's based on lots of contemporaneous evidence.

Yes, I did. I just don't believe certain parts of it. Too much of it is hearsay. Quite a bit of what I believe would be deemed hearsay as well, I will grant you. As John Thorn stated, it really doesn't matter whether he did or not, the myth and the debate will go on long after you and I are gone.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Yes, I did. I just don't believe certain parts of it. Too much of it is hearsay. Quite a bit of what I believe would be deemed hearsay as well, I will grant you. As John Thorn stated, it really doesn't matter whether he did or not, the myth and the debate will go on long after you and I are gone.

Agree on that. It's a huge thing. You cannot write the history of baseball and leave it out.