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Babe Ruth's called shot is the home run hit by Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees against the Chicago Cubs in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, held on October 1, 1932, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. During his at-bat, Ruth made a pointing gesture before hitting the home run to deep center field.
Henry Aaron has just tied Babe Ruth’s home-run record of 714 with a clout over the 375 marker in left field.” The game paused as Vice President Gerald Ford, on hand to throw out the first ...
Viva el Home Run and two times viva Babe Ruth, exponent of the home run, and overshadowing star." [238] Bill James states, "When the owners discovered that the fans liked to see home runs, and when the foundations of the games were simultaneously imperiled by disgrace [in the Black Sox Scandal], then there was no turning back."
The following is a chronology of the top ten leaders in lifetime home runs in Major League Baseball.This includes any home runs hit by a player during official regular season games (i.e., excluding playoffs or exhibition games) in the National Association (1871–1875), National League (since 1876), the American Association (1882–1891), the Union Association (1884), the Players' League (1890 ...
Aug. 15—WILKES-BARRE — Gathered around a kiosk in Kirby Park that denotes where the legendary 600-plus-foot home run off the bat of George Herman "Babe" Ruth landed back in 1926, a new event ...
It's been 100 years since one of baseball's greatest sluggers began one of his greatest home run records. According to The New York Times, Babe Ruth hit the first of his 714 major league home runs ...
Babe Ruth's called shot refers to the home run he hit in the fifth inning of Game 3. Existing film shows Ruth made a pointing gesture during this at-bat, but what this signified is ambiguous. Though neither fully confirmed nor refuted, the story goes that Ruth pointed to the center field bleachers, supposedly predicting he would hit a home run ...
Babe Ruth's Yankees jersey from his 'called shot' home run in the 1932 World Series sells for $24 million, becoming the most valuable piece of sports memorabilia.