Chris Russo Rips Pete Crow-Armstrong Over 714-Homer Babe Ruth Remark
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 7
Chris Russo Rips Pete Crow-Armstrong Over 714-Homer Babe Ruth Remark
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 7
Summary
Chris "Mad Dog" Russo called Pete Crow-Armstrong’s Babe Ruth comments a "disgrace," saying on ESPN’s "First Take" that the Cubs outfielder was wrongly disparaging one of baseball’s greatest players.
Crow-Armstrong had said he liked a conspiracy theory that Ruth may never have existed, adding that early-era pitchers "may as well have been underhanding the ball" to him.
Russo pushed back with Ruth’s power numbers, saying nobody hit home runs like him and noting he out-homered entire leagues; Ruth finished with 714 career homers after becoming MLB’s all-time leader with No. 139 in 1921.
Ruth’s statistical case remains central to the backlash: he hit 54 homers in 1920 and 60 in 1927—each time exceeding seven of the eight MLB teams—and still owns the all-time records for .690 slugging percentage and 1.164 OPS.