June 19, 200520 yr http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/s...ll/11881816.htm NEW YORK - It's a heck of a story, but it probably isn't true: In Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, with the count 2-and-2 and the Cubs and their fans jeering and heckling, Babe Ruth stepped out of the batter's box and pointed to the bleachers. Then he slammed the next pitch over Wrigley Field's center-field wall. "The general opinion of scholars who have seen the grainy film from that game is that he was just waving at the Cubs' dugout," says Richard Goldstein, a researcher with the Society for American Baseball Research. "Only the romantics still believe he pointed to the center-field wall." A Long Island memorabilia company, Grey Flannel Auctions, is selling a jersey it claims the Babe wore on that October day in Chicago 73 years ago. But some memorabilia insiders say the story behind the jersey sounds an awful lot like the Called Shot legend: It's a heck of a story, but it may not be true. Internet bidding for the jersey ends June 22, but with the current high bid at $700,000, the auction already has hit Ruthian proportions, and promises to go even higher. John Wallis, president of the Internet gaming site FortuneFun.com, says he will spend whatever it takes to win the jersey, which he plans to raffle off. "We feel it's certainly worth more than $1 million," says Grey Flannel CEO Howard Rosenkrantz. More at link.
June 19, 200520 yr IIRC the story about the called shot wasn't even reported until days later, and it was disputed from the instant it was printed.
June 19, 200520 yr Author Do you think a Barry Bonds uniform will go for $1,000,000 in 75 years? me neither. Imagine deciding that you would pay $1,000,000.01 for a Babe Ruth uniform in which the authenticity is in question. :headshake
June 19, 200520 yr See, despite the close to 100 years of Cub's futility, it's these kinds of stories that give Wrigley the shrine status it deserves.
June 20, 200520 yr QUOTE(Texsox @ Jun 19, 2005 -> 09:10 AM) Do you think a Barry Bonds uniform will go for $1,000,000 in 75 years? me neither. Well...if you put it on, there might be some residue of the cream on it...
June 20, 200520 yr QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 12:58 PM) Well...if you put it on, there might be some residue of the cream on it...
June 20, 200520 yr QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 11:58 AM) Well...if you put it on, there might be some residue of the cream on it... Don't forget about the clear....
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