One of these events led t
One of these events led to an observer asking "what do you think of the nerve of that big monkey?" about the person who did it. Three of these events occurred on a Wednesday in 1926 after the person who accomplished them promised Johnny Sylvester, who had fallen off of a horse, that he would do it at least once. Another of these events, the extraordinary circumstances of which were confirmed by eyewitness and future Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens, victimized Charlie Root after the person who did it pointed to center field. For 10 points, name these events that happened 60 times in 1927 and 714 times during the career of a certain former Red Sox pitcher.
One of these events led to an observer asking "what do you think of the nerve of that big monkey?
({George Herman}) {Babe Ruth’s home runs} (accept {along} with “in the {World Series}” before “{60}”; accept all reasonable equivalents for “{home run}”; prompt on {home runs} or equivalents)