We wanna look to the future, we gotta tear down the past. Babe Ruth was nothing more than a fat old man, with little-girl legs. And here's something I just found out recently. He wasn't really a sultan. Ah, what d'you make of that? Hey, check this out. Lou Gehrig's pants. Not a bad fit. Hey, you don…
— Jennifer Crittenden, George Steinbrenner, Larry David, imdb.com
We'll put an asterisk next to Barry Bonds' name, sure, as soon as we put one next to Babe Ruth's name. Getting to break records before black people were allowed to play? Excuse me, where is that asterisk? Why don't people talk about that?
I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth.
Babe Ruth never had to contend with anything like that when he was establishing his record.
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