Comedian, actor, super sports fan, and one of our favorite podcasters, Randy Sklar, joined the Unofficial Official Story team to answer the question: Did baseball legend Babe Ruth call his own shot? Listen to the episode to find out the "official" story.
Please note, our audio wasn’t great and there is some background noise… we were recording on Zoom, so you’ll have to forgive us.
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ABOUT US
Aliens? Bigfoot? Slender Man? QAnon? The grassy knoll? The Zodiac Killer? We've heard all the stories and hypotheses trying to explain the unexplainable before, but what's really going on? Join comedian Dwayne Perkins, writer Koji Steven Sakai, actress Jennifer Field, and their guests as they sift through the facts... and the fiction... to come up with the “official” story.
LINKS & RESEARCH
Our team of researchers do most of its “research” on the Internet, so take our “facts” for what they are. With that in mind, much of the information we got for this episode was gleaned from the following sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth%27s_called_shot
http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/throwback/201403/babe-ruth-called-shot-home-run-myth-mystery-ed-sherman-book
http://www.baberuthcentral.com/babesimpact/legends/the-called-shot/
Watch archival footage of the actual moment that Babe Ruth called his shot here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwIlNSi3x7c
CREDITS
The sound effects and music was obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com with additional music by WorldTaur.
Hosts: Jennifer Field, Dwayne Perkins, and Koji Steven Sakai
Produced by Koji Steven Sakai
