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"Babe Ruth Raised His Finger And Did Something That... — 50,000 People Saw Different Things"

Babe Ruth called shot 1932 - The most controversial moment in baseball history. October 1st, 1932, Wrigley Field, Chicago: World Series Game 3, Cubs vs Yankees. Fifth inning, two strikes on Ruth. The crowd of 50,000 is screaming, throwing lemons, calling him washed up, fat, old. Ruth steps out of the batter's box. Raises his arm. Points. But where? Some say he pointed at pitcher Charlie Root. Some say the Cubs dugout. Some say center field, 440 feet away, calling his shot. Then he swings. The ball travels to center field. Exactly where people think he pointed. Or does it? For 90 years, baseball has argued about what really happened. Did Ruth call his shot? Yankees players say yes. Cubs players say no. Charlie Root denied it until his death in 1970. Film footage is inconclusive - grainy, wrong angle. Even Ruth gave conflicting accounts. 1932: "I pointed at Root." 1933: "Yeah, I called it." 1946: "I don't remember." 50,000 witnesses. 50,000 different stories. This is the untold truth about baseball's greatest legend - how a gesture became mythology, how memory creates history, and why the debate will never end. Because maybe the truth doesn't matter. Maybe the legend is better. #BabeRuth#CalledShot#BaseballHistory#WorldSeries1932#SportsLegend