April 6, 2018 at 1:53 p.m.

Priest saw the Bambino call his '32 home run


By KATE BLAIN- | Comments: 0 | Leave a comment

Father Watroba closely follows the New York Yankees, but he's only seen one big league game in his life. However, it was a very important one: The 1932 World Series game where Babe Ruth allegedly pointed toward the center-field bleachers to indicate he was about to hit a home run there -- and did.

The priest claims that the incident isn't just a legend. "I saw Babe Ruth, and he pointed!" he declared. "Why did he do that? Because for the first couple of innings, [Cubs fans] were ribbing him."

"Only one game, and I saw it," he boasted, adding ruefully: "It wasn't any $20 seat; I think it was 75 cents." (KB)

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