The World Series was supposed to be about Max Muncy’s clutch home run—not a debate about Babe Ruth. But a bizarre on-air comparison by a Fox broadcaster, Joe Davis, sent baseball fans and a New York Yankees legend into an uproar.

“The guy b-casting now on World Series. What’s his name? I know Smoltzy. How’s he say Muncey has same postseasn HRs as Ruth??What r you talking about?” This is the comment that Reggie Jackson, who surely knows a thing or two about October heroics, went on to blast in his X.

This was because during Game 7, Davis pointed out that Muncy’s 15 postseason home runs matched Babe Ruth’s career total in the World Series. Well, to be correct, Max Muncy now has a career 16 home runs, not 15—which is one more than Ruth.

Jackson also fired off on X that “ Ruth hit 15 HRs

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