In Leigh Montville’s biography of the , was at a high-society dinner party in the following off-season. A woman, a member of British royalty, asked the about the called shot.
Babe recounted the story:
“Those f**kin bums on the Chicago bench were saying to me ‘you f**k*n bum” and riding me, and I told them ‘I’m going to hit the f**kin ball over the wall right there’, and ... (so on)”.
The aristocrat blushed and left the table. Ruth’s host pulled him aside and said “Why did you talk to her like that?”
Babe replied “Well, da*mit, she asked me to tell her what happened!”
BTW, Montville reports that Ruth and Gehrig were on non-speaking terms for years, finally ending when Ruth came to Yankee stadium for the day honoring Gehrig.
The reason — Ruth always had big wild ‘adult’ parties on his private rail car when the team traveled. Ruth’s car was always filled with wild attractive women. Gehrig met his future wife at one of those parties (his mother disapproved). Later, after Gehrig had married her, the team was traveling and Gehrig found his wife in Ruth’s car, conversing with Ruth.
Gehrig never spoke to Ruth again, until his Yankee stadium day.
I read that book too. Didn't relly care for his writing though. But it's always interesting to read a book about someone like Ruth.