Babe Ruth Yankees owners quickly pursued the purchase. Frazee sold the rights to Babe Ruth for $100,000, the largest sum ever paid for a baseball player. The deal also involved a $350,000 loan from Ruppert to Frazee, secured by a mortgage on Fenway Park. Once it was agreed, Frazee informed Barrow, who, stunned, told the owner that he was getting the worse end of the bargain. Cynics have suggested that Barrow may have played a larger role in the Ruth sale, as less than a year after, he became the Yankee general manager, and in the following years made a number of
Babe Ruth League to time. Tom Brady - San Mateo, CA Chris Drury - Trumbull, CT Michael Jordan - Wilmington, NC Jimmy Fallon - Saugerties, NY Bruce Springsteen - Freehold, NJ Jon Stewart - Lawrence, NJ Roy Williams (coach) - Wilmington, NC John Elway - Pullman, WA Scott Boras - Elk Grove, CA Jack Del Rio - Heyward, CA Rush Limbaugh - Cape Girardeau, MO Mike Trout - Millville, NJ Babe Ruth League The Babe Ruth League is an international youth baseball and softball league based in Hamilton, New Jersey, named after George Herman "Babe" Ruth. The parent program, Babe Ruth League, Incorporated,