Actually I am more read on Ruth than most Brits. I KNOW he was a superlative player and arguably without him, baseball would never have exploded.
Remember this is all good natured banter.
It is?
And quit this crap that you’re more well read than any American. You pull this stuff all the time. If all you have to go on is Free Republic, you’re amazingly parochial.
Read my 146 response. I sent it to the wrong Scotsman. Will he be surprised! For some reason, it’s refusing to let me use a lower case “s”.