Babe Ruth's called shot
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babe-ruth-s-called-shot-183-1717841
title:
Babe Ruth's called shot
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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. One of the reporters at the game wrote that Ruth had "called his shot", using terminology from billiards. The episode added to Ruth's superstardom and became a signature event of basebal
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Home run hit by Babe Ruth in the 1932 World Series that Ruth allegedly forecast
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth%27s_called_shot
date created:
2005-06-11T20:40:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T15:29:41Z
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