:40:02
And if I may be permitted a cliché,
records are made to be broken.
:40:06
If it's broken in the same number of games.
:40:08
Bullshit, Sam!
:40:10
When Ruth set his first record in 1921,
he played in 14 more games...
:40:14
...than the guy
who set the record before him.
:40:16
Where was the uproar then?
No, I say a season's a season.
:40:20
We hear what you're sayin', but something
about this just doesn't seem right.
:40:24
And there should be separate records.
One for each season. Right, Ford?
:40:28
Separate records?
What are we doin' here?
:40:30
And we could put an asterisk in it,
to show the difference, you know?
:40:33
Why not?
:40:35
Otherwise,
it just would not be fair to the Babe.
:40:37
Gentlemen, thank you for coming.
I have a brief statement.
:40:41
As commissioner of major league baseball,
it is my determination...
:40:45
...given the length of this year's season...
:40:47
...that any record broken
in more than 154 games...
:40:51
...will be held as a distinct
and separate record.
:40:55
Is this ruling directed at the M&M Boys
and their chase of Ruth's record?
:40:58
No. This goes for any record.
:41:01
Let me repeat: any record.
:41:03
Commissioner, according to my schedule,
game 154 is September 20 in Baltimore.
:41:07
Isn't that where the Babe was born?
:41:09
That's right.
:41:11
What are you gonna do?
:41:12
Frick used to be the Babe's ghostwriter.
They were tight.
:41:15
Yeah, it stinks.
Its a crock of shit is what it is.
:41:18
- Fuckin' Frick. This is gonna be a circus.
- A zoo.
:41:21
Yeah.
:41:23
I think Frick's right.
If I'd have got it in 155, I wouldn't want it.
:41:27
How could you not want it?
:41:29
Not if it had a thingamajig on the end of it.
:41:32
How about you?
You think it's right, this asterisk?
:41:35
I don't know. Say Mickey breaks it in 154,
and then I pass him later.
:41:39
What are they gonna say if that happens?
My mind's season-to-season.
:41:43
- Then you disagree with his ruling.
- He's the commissioner. Its not my place.
:41:47
We got eight extra games, it's true...
:41:49
...but Ruth never had to fly to
the West Coast, or play in night games.
:41:53
- I just think it's harder for us.
- Babe hit.343 the year he set the record.
:41:56
You're only hitting.270.
You feel bad about that?
:41:59
No, why should I feel bad
when Im doin' the best I can?