>>ntil the New York Times asked about it on Wednesday
Ironically enough the NYT owns about 17 per cent... of the Sox!
“The Babe is a freak,” Gehrig told him. “He’s the greatest player, the greatest hitter, in the history of the game, but he’s a freak just the same. Look at the way he swings, legs, body, arms, shoulders, even his ears go with the bat. No one else can do that.”