On opening
day of the season in 1927, the Yankees entertained the Philadelphia Athletics.
It was a strong rivalry then against the beginning of Connie Mack's last great
team with Lefty Grove, Jimmie Foxx, Ernshaw, Mickey Cochran, Al Simmons, Jim
Dykes and others.

In 1944 I
wrote to John Wray, then sports editor of the Post, about this. He featured the incident in his column the
next day. It was a rarity for anyone to pinch-hit for the great Bambino. Wray
commented that Ruth was shocked. Also that he so recovered that he hit 60 homes
runs that year of 1927.
(Sent in by Monsignor Jerome Sommer, St. Louis, MO)
(Sent in by Monsignor Jerome Sommer, St. Louis, MO)
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