The fans were on their feet yelling and waving and throwing scorecards and half-consumed frankfurters, bellowing unto high heaven that the Babe was the greatest man on earth, that the Babe was some kid, and that the Babe could have their last and bottom dollar, together with the mortgage on their house, their wives and furniture.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The fans were on their feet yelling and waving and throwing scorecards and half-consumed frankfurters, bellowing unto high heaven that the Babe was the greatest man on earth, that the Babe was some kid, and that the Babe could have their last and bottom dollar, together with the mortgage on their house, their wives and furniture." in the context of "Hendrik Willem van Loon, recalling Ruth's home run hit on April 18, 1923; the first ever hit at Yankee Stadium, as quoted in The House That Ruth Built: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923 (2011) by Robert Weintraub" to mean that wisdom is timeless.