The Trade That Changed Everything
Ninety-eight years ago today, Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for a paltry sum of $100,000 to finance his musical, No No Nanette.
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Remembering Female Baseball Icon and Negro Leagues Star Mamie Johnson
Her race and gender, the two things that prevented her from getting where she could’ve gone, are the reasons she’s an icon today.
Read More Remembering Female Baseball Icon and Negro Leagues Star Mamie JohnsonThe Woman Who Struck Out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
“I don’t know what’s going to happen if they begin to let women in baseball. Of course, they will never make good. Why? Because they are too delicate. It would kill them to play ball every day.” – Babe Ruth
Read More The Woman Who Struck Out Babe Ruth and Lou GehrigA True Gentleman of the Game
There was a nobility in baseball when teams had players like Bobby Doerr.
Read More A True Gentleman of the GameHow I Spent October 27, 2004
We all remember where we were when the Red Sox reversed the Curse…
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