Ruth did point, sure. He definitely raised his right arm. I can remember that. But he did not point to center field. He indicated he'd hit a home run. But as far as pointing to center, no... that was something the sportswriters made up. My gosh, a guy would have to be crazy to do that, with two strikes on him and against a pitcher like Root.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Ruth did point, sure. He definitely raised his right arm. I can remember that. But he did not point to center field. He indicated he'd hit a home run. But as far as pointing to center, no... that was something the sportswriters made up. My gosh, a guy would have to be crazy to do that, with two strikes on him and against a pitcher like Root." in the context of "Mark Koenig, on Ruth's called shot, as quoted in "The Day Ruth Called His Shot—Or Did He?" by Earl Gustkey, in The Los Angeles Times (October 1, 1982), p. D1" to mean that wisdom is timeless.