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No that is not what Babe Ruth said before he hit his famous “called shot” in the 1932 World Series. According to Lou Gehrig, who was in the on-deck circle, Ruth did yell to Cubs’ pitcher Charlie Root, “I’m going to knock the next pitch down your goddamn throat.”
Whatever he said, and whether he actually called the shot or not, he hit the fabled home run on this day 74 years ago at Wrigley Field. It was the fifth inning of Game 3 of the World Series between the Yankees and the Cubs, a contentious series that had both teams riding each other mercilessly from the dugouts. Ruth was the natural target for the wrath of the Cubs and their fans – someone had spat on his wife coming out a hotel in Chicago, and before game 3 fans pelted him with lemons while he shagged flies.
During his at-bat in the fifth, Ruth got involved in an exchange with the Cubs dugout and then pointed, some say at the dugout, some say at Root, and some say to center field. Then he hit the very next pitch a mile out to the center field stands, the longest home run ever hit in Wrigley at the time. President Franklin Roosevelt cheered the shot from a box behind home plate. Gehrig gave the chuckling Ruth a hand-shake and then proceeded to hit a home run of his own. The Yankees went on to win the game and sweep the series.
Reporter Joe Williams wrote the story that turned the home run into legend, with a headline in the New York World-Telegram titled “Ruth Calls Shot As He Puts Homer No. 2 in the Side Pocket.” Ruth, who initially had said he was merely gesturing to the dugout, was soon going along with the story, embellishing the tale as the years went by. A 16mm film surfaced in the 70’s and many feel that it proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Ruth called his shot. Of course, many others doubt that.
We here at No Mas don’t really give a crap what really happened. It sounds like whatever it was, Ruth laid it on the line and then shut the motherfuckers up for real. Evidently, when Ruth met up with Charlie Root 10 years later on the set of “The Pride of the Yankees” they had this exchange:
Root: You didn’t really call your shot did you?
Ruth: No. But it made a hell of story, didn’t it?
Our sentiments exactly.
Whatever he said, and whether he actually called the shot or not, he hit the fabled home run on this day 74 years ago at Wrigley Field. It was the fifth inning of Game 3 of the World Series between the Yankees and the Cubs, a contentious series that had both teams riding each other mercilessly from the dugouts. Ruth was the natural target for the wrath of the Cubs and their fans – someone had spat on his wife coming out a hotel in Chicago, and before game 3 fans pelted him with lemons while he shagged flies.
During his at-bat in the fifth, Ruth got involved in an exchange with the Cubs dugout and then pointed, some say at the dugout, some say at Root, and some say to center field. Then he hit the very next pitch a mile out to the center field stands, the longest home run ever hit in Wrigley at the time. President Franklin Roosevelt cheered the shot from a box behind home plate. Gehrig gave the chuckling Ruth a hand-shake and then proceeded to hit a home run of his own. The Yankees went on to win the game and sweep the series.
Reporter Joe Williams wrote the story that turned the home run into legend, with a headline in the New York World-Telegram titled “Ruth Calls Shot As He Puts Homer No. 2 in the Side Pocket.” Ruth, who initially had said he was merely gesturing to the dugout, was soon going along with the story, embellishing the tale as the years went by. A 16mm film surfaced in the 70’s and many feel that it proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Ruth called his shot. Of course, many others doubt that.
We here at No Mas don’t really give a crap what really happened. It sounds like whatever it was, Ruth laid it on the line and then shut the motherfuckers up for real. Evidently, when Ruth met up with Charlie Root 10 years later on the set of “The Pride of the Yankees” they had this exchange:
Root: You didn’t really call your shot did you?
Ruth: No. But it made a hell of story, didn’t it?
Our sentiments exactly.
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