-The Red Sox Trade Babe Ruth to the Yankees for Cash
Okay, so this wasn’t exactly a trade, but it was probably the most famous transaction of baseball history. With Babe Ruth demanding more money and the Red Sox not wanted to pay it (owner Arthur Franzee also needed funding for some of this Broadway plays), the team sold Ruth to the Yankees for 125,000 in cash and a 300,000 loan in 1919. You can safely say that the two teams went in opposite directions, with the Yankees winning 28 World Series since and the Read the rest of this entry

I don’t know about you, but when it comes to sayings that don’t quite make sense, there seem to be a lot of them. Admittedly, some of them are regional – you have to be from that area to really get the gist of them – but others are well-known no matter where you are. They seem to span the whole U.S. The problem is that a lot of the time, they don’t actually mean what they’re used for. Oh, sure, you understand them, but if you really think about it, they just don’t quite click.

Here’s one: ” Read the rest of this entry

As a player, coach and manager, Yogi Berra’s achievements stand alone. With 13 World Series rings (10 as a player, 3 as coach), 15 All-Star selections, three AL MVP awards, his 8 uniform number retired by the Yankees, and induction into the Hall of Fame, as well as holding World Series records for most Series (14), career games (75), at-bats (259), hits (71), doubles (10), singles (49), games caught (63) and most putouts (457). When Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in World Series history (1956) his catcher was Yogi Berra.

Despite these accomplishments, Berra is Read the rest of this entry