The ep46 Ruths Homer

Hello there, this is Jimmy Powers coming your way with another story from The Tumalt and the Shouting. There, this is Jimmy Powers transcribed with another highlight from the colorful life of the late and great Granny Rice's best-selling autobiography, The Tumalt and the Shouting.

Today, Granny tells us of his own viewpoint of the controversial home run that Babe Ruth smashed in the 1932 World Series. So, with a salute to the every young spirit of Granny, I turn the page, and in first person, take up his narrative.

An argument developed in 1932, and it's been popping up intermittently ever since. It came to life again recently, just as it will for many years to come. Because it involved Babe Ruth in a World Series episode, it will probably never subside.

The argument developed over the question of Babe Ruth's calling his home run against Charlie Root in the third game of the Yankee Chicago World Series. That was the year that the Yankees swept the Cubs in four straight.

I figure I have a fair right to vote on this incident. I was there and saw what happened on the field. I also got first-hand information from Babe and Lou Gehrig while we played Bridge on the return trip home.

The first inning with cooms and Joe Sewell on base, Babe sailed his first home run into the bleachers. He hit roots, earnest pitching with that same easy playful swing that he had been using a few minutes before against the soft, casual service of guinea pig throwers.

The ball would have fallen into the street beyond the bleachers under ordinary conditions, but dropped among the patrons in the temporary seats. As Babe trotted those bases past the Cubs dugout, he let loose some of his copyrighted remarks that never land in a family newspaper, then blew them a salute known as the Bronx Cheer. Just