The traditional tale has it that Ruth was handed to the Yankees by the Sox because Boston owner Harry Frazee was deeply in debt in 1919 and decided to break up his team to fix his finances. Who knows how accurate that account actually is, but Boston's manager that year, Ed Barrow, did resign and subsequently join the Yankees the next year as GM. He then worked several more deals with Frazee, bringing additional star players to New York. As sharp a judge of talent as Barrow was, I find it hard to believe that he would have considered trading Gehrig to Boston just to help out his old boss, Frazee.
Last edited by Volod; 05-16-2019 at 10:09 PM.
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