Stop the Press! Ruth Traded to Yankees
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This just hit the newswire (keeping consistent with other "timely" articles here at the 'Chair).....
BOSTON, Mass. - Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee has confirmed that Babe Ruth has been sold to the New York Yankees for an undisclosed amount of cash.
Frazee released the following statement:
I should have preferred to take players in exchange for Ruth, but no club could have given me the equivalent in men without wrecking itself, and so the deal had to be made on a cash basis. No other club could afford to give me the amount the Yankees have paid for him, and I don’t mind saying I think they are taking a gamble. With this money the Boston club can now go into the market and buy other players and have a stronger and better team in all respects than we would have had if Ruth had remained with us.
Anonymous Red Sox officials were clearly shaken by the deal but confident that Ruth leaving the team would not detract from future Boston World Series championships.
Long time veteran and utility player Julio Franco indicated that Ruth would be missed in the clubhouse but also bravely offered, "Life must go on."
A press conference outlining the details of this transaction is forthcoming.
