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Ruth ‘Called Shot’ Jersery. wow.

KnucklesKnuckles Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭
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1932 Ruth Jersey

Awesome.. That should be in Cooperstown.
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  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    I hope they don't cut it up....
    That is a sweet item, but the way it reads did he wear that jersey the whole 1932 season?
  • BuccaneerBuccaneer Posts: 1,794 ✭✭
    Only if you believe that the "called shot" was not a hoax.
  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭


    << <i>Only if you believe that the "called shot" was not a hoax. >>



    The called shot as it was is indeed a hoax. He wasn't pointing at the fence, he was point his bat at the pitcher who prior to his home run had given him a pitch high and inside to which Ruth took offense. He brushed himself off, pointed his bat at the pitcher, then teed off and hit the home run.

  • BuccaneerBuccaneer Posts: 1,794 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Only if you believe that the "called shot" was not a hoax. >>



    The called shot as it was is indeed a hoax. He wasn't pointing at the fence, he was point his bat at the pitcher who prior to his home run had given him a pitch high and inside to which Ruth took offense. He brushed himself off, pointed his bat at the pitcher, then teed off and hit the home run. >>



    You know your history. Well done. Now will someone tell Grey Flannel not to perpetuate this myth?
  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭


    << <i>
    You know your history. Well done. Now will someone tell Grey Flannel not to perpetuate this myth? >>



    I'd love to...but then, that doesn't make for as compelling a story. Someday maybe everyone will believe he wasn't calling his shot...hell, I bet there are people who say they remember seeing it.

    Oh well...we all know how revisionist history goes.
  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭
    cut it up.. i want a card..
    ·p_A·
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    We have all heard about that, but c'mon it is like a folk legend. Besides if I was Grey Flannel I would talk about the "called shot"
  • goudeygoldgoudeygold Posts: 701 ✭
    Axtell is again the messenger of truth.

    I'm not even going to ask about the new german pope and all the smoke colors and bells... HEHEHE

    GG
  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    An article I found:

    Link

    "Although it remains one of the most popular stories of baseball lore, it might not have happened.

    "The consensus opinion is that it probably didn't happen," said Paul Aron, author of "Did Babe Ruth Call His Shot?: And Other Unsolved Mysteries of Baseball."

    In his autobiography, Ruth said he did point to the stands before hitting the homer, but interviews with players, including Cubs catcher Gabby Hartnett and pitcher Charlie Root, suggest that he didn't point at all or that he was pointing at the dugout where Cubs players were taunting him."

  • DirtyHarryDirtyHarry Posts: 1,917 ✭✭✭
    Let the legend live. It's like telling a 3 year old that there's no Santa Claus.

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    Proud of my 16x20 autographed and framed collection - all signed in person. Not big on modern - I'm stuck in the past!
  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭


    << <i>Let the legend live. It's like telling a 3 year old that there's no Santa Claus.

    image >>



    I have never been a Ruth detractor, in fact, I consider him the best player to ever play the game.

    But inaccuracies should be corrected.
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    Wasn't there a person with an actual video/film of this event (saw it on TV)?
    All the tape showed was that he was counting....making the 1 (index finger)
    towards the pitcher, then 2, and 3. Gestering something about the pitch count.
    I don't know anything about this fact or fiction story with Ruth. Just remember seeing
    that on one of those Dateline or 20/20 type programs years back.
  • 67standup67standup Posts: 833 ✭
    Even if it's inconclusively proven that he wasn't calling the shot, there would still be an aura about the game. That is, this jersey would still command a premium over other Ruth Jerseys.
    “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” - George Carlin
  • DirtyHarryDirtyHarry Posts: 1,917 ✭✭✭
    Eaglevision - the guy with the home movie, who was at the game, is the originator of this.....

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    Proud of my 16x20 autographed and framed collection - all signed in person. Not big on modern - I'm stuck in the past!
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    DOH! I didn't even bother to look at the picture and who's
    name was on it.
  • Mac53Mac53 Posts: 805 ✭


    << <i>Let the legend live. >>



    Absolutely. The truth isn't all it's cracked up to be.
    "Charlie, here comes the deuce. And when you speak of me, speak well."image
  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    Was listening to a radio interview by Tony Kornheiser last week, who was talking to Maury Povich. Maury's father worked at the Washington Post for 75 years....and actually talked to reporters who were there....and said that the Babe didn't call his shot, but was motioning towards the pitcher.

    I know there are those that will never believe this, and I am not trying to convert anyone.
  • Mac53Mac53 Posts: 805 ✭
    Completely off the subject, but it looks in that picture like there are bleachers in the outfield extending from the wall down to field level. Did Wrigley used to have bleachers there, or did they erect them for the Series?
    "Charlie, here comes the deuce. And when you speak of me, speak well."image
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