It was almost impossible to imagine anyone ever having a better year—or, come to that, a more timely one. Baseball was about to be sent reeling by its greatest scandal, the throwing of the 1919 World Series by the Chicago “Black Sox,” an event that, when it was revealed in the fall of 1920, wholly undermined people’s faith in the game. Ruth’s colossal swatting was the greatest distraction in sporting history. He didn’t just transform the game, he very possibly saved it.
Ruth saves baseball 1920
