Now that Adam Ottavino is a member of the New York Yankees, he has to reckon with the ghost of Babe Ruth.
Per ESPN.com, the newest Yankees reliever told reporters during a conference call Friday that he didn't mean any disrespect when he said he would be able to strike out Ruth:
"I was surprised that it went so viral. But I saw when they put the quote out of context out there why people would get so upset. I mean certainly I probably used a bad example of the point I was trying to make: the evolution of the pitching in baseball over baseball history.