These days, it feels like Babe Ruth's name has come up in a lot of MLB hitting record chases with the likes of Aaron Judge, Cal Raleigh, Kyle Schwarber and Shohei Ohtani.
But how about turning the clocks back a bit further to Ruth's days as a pitcher with the Boston Red Sox.
That's where Connelly Early takes us on Thursday.
The Red Sox rookie lefty is set to start Thursday night against the New York Yankees in the decisive third game of the AL Wild Card series between bitter rivals, a rivalry that is mostly based in the trade of Ruth and the ensuing Curse of the Bambino.
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But before Ruth was traded, he was a dominant pitcher for Boston.
And in 1916, Ruth started Game 2 of the World Series at 21 years and 246 days.
No pitcher since then has started a playoff game for the Red Sox even within two years of that, until now.
On this night, Early will be 23 years and 182 days. Still older than Ruth, but younger than anyone else to start a playoff game for Boston since Ruth.
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Now it's up to Red Sox and Yankees fans to decide which team gets a good omen out of this and which team gets a bad omen out of it.
Maybe Boston should see if Early can hit a home run or two, too.
In reality, it's set up to be a classic showdown in Yankee Stadium. Two rookies take the mound with Early and Cam Schlittler. And one of baseball's most well-known teams will advance while sending their heated rival home for the winter.