Unlike all the other moments, this baby has the potential to top the whole list! It was the biggest man, on the biggest stage, with the biggest signal and subsequent big blast. ... Can anything in any field symbolize more effectively than the Babe to baseball?
John F.
St. Louis
It may or may not have happened but everyone who ever played the game in their front yard or in a sandlot or at the school yard has imitated the sign. In MLB, it has only happened once. Hank Aaron never did it, Barry Bonds has never done it ... Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Willie Mays -- never had the confidence or bravado to try it. Just Ruth.
The incident is part of U.S. legend ... George Washington chopped down the apple tree, Paul Bunyan had a blue ox ... Babe Ruth called his shot. His entire life is a legend and the most memorable moment of his baseball career was the day in Chicago that he raised his right arm toward center field and then delivered.
John McLaughlin
San Francisco
The call made the difference between baseball the game and baseball the pastime. He is the legend whose mythical appeal cannot be replicated or infused in today's world of sports ...
Joel Elliott
Wilmington, N.C.
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