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Babe Ruth up there waiting there at the pitch, and he smacks it out in the right field.

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It's one of baseball's greatest moments, not just historic, but legendary.

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I wanted to get him to 10 World Series, and it looks like it has arrived.

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Yankees slugger Babe Ruth calling his shot before smashing a home run during the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs.

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I looked down at center field and I saw it. I said, I'm going to hit the next pitch ball right past the flag corner.

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The gestures meaning long-debated and imitative from the natural-Come on, De Nunez.to the sandline. But was the great Bambino pointing to center fields, to the Cubs bench, or to the stance. Teamate Lou Gehrig told NBC Radio, there's no debate. It happened just like you heard.

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He stands up there and tells the world that he's going to sack that next one. And not only that, but he tells the world right where he's going to sock it, into the center field stand. A few seconds later, the ball was just where he pointed in the center field stand. He called his shot and then made it.

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Now, the Jersey worn in that historic moment just sold at auction.

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1932 was Ruth's last World Series. The called shot was his last career World Series home run. So when you can tie an item like that to an important figure in their most important moment. That's what collectors are really looking for.

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The price tag for this priceless artifact? $24 million.

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The most valuable sports item ever come to auction. And everyone in our industry is very excited to see where it can go.

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And before it sold, the historic uniform even went on tour.

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Went to Wrigley Field for the first time since 1932.

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Giving fans a rare glimpse at the very cloth draped over the Colossus of Clout, now part of a baseball myth.

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For somebody that likes baseball as much as I do, this is really a marvelous trait to see his hair as long.

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Heritage Auctions says the buyer wishes to remain anonymous. So the legend and the mystery of that moment lives on.

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