Monday, January 05, 1970

1920: Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees

What was the most consequential sale of a baseball player in history?  The answer is Babe Ruth, who was sold to the Yankees on this day in 1920.     

Ruth, the Yankees and baseball were never the same.

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