05/09: 714 or 715?
Not of any real importance,
but interesting anyway:
On July 8, 1918, while playing left field for the Red Sox, Ruth hit a ball into the Fenway stands with Amos (Lightning) Strunk on first in the bottom of the 10th inning against Cleveland. Under baseball's rules at the time, once Strunk scored from first the game was over, the Red Sox won 1-0, and Ruth was credited with a triple. The rule was changed in 1920 so that a home run is a home run no matter when you hit it (unless Todd Pratt tackles you and prevents you from rounding the bases, a la Robin Ventura's "grand single" in 1999).
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