“I’d rather be lucky than good.”
You’ve heard it said a million times and, likely, you’ve heard it from a million different sources. But who said it?
Larry King knows.
Babe Ruth was right when he said I'd rather be lucky than good…#itsmy2cents
— Larry King (@kingsthings) November 16, 2015
Babe Ruth did.
Wait. Babe Ruth did? No he didn’t…it was Lefty Gomez. Seriously. Look anywhere and it’s the Hall of Fame pitcher that uttered that iconic six-word quote. Not the “Sultan of Swat”.
Just don’t tell that to King.
I interviewed Lefty and he told me Babe said it. They were teammates. RT @ronflatter: Except it wasn't the Babe. It was Lefty Gomez.
— Larry King (@kingsthings) November 16, 2015
I guess, technically, there’s no real record that Gomez said it…other than everything everywhere says he did.
Could Ruth have said it?
It’s possible. I mean, the two were teammates with the New York Yankees for five years (1930-1934), so it is possible that it was Ruth and Gomez hijacked it, right? But, why, even if Gomez told King in an interview, is there no record of it until now? Sorry, @kingsthings…but I’m calling bullshit.
It’s my two cents.
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