I double-checked that story on Google AI just now and it seemed to be made up to disparage him... but the AI did offer this:
Instead of bathroom habits, clubhouse attendants and teammates who actually knew Ruth usually recounted his massive appetite, his larger-than-life personality, and his sheer physical presence. Teammate Joe Dugan famously said of him, "To understand him you had to understand this: he wasn't human".
@rinkydinkydoink I saw a documentary on Babe Ruth once. It was his dreadful childhood that made him so. Didn't feel sorry for him though. He made himself to what he could be.
“It’s a pretty big shadow,” Gehrig said. “It gives me lots of room to spread myself.”
