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Thursday, September 30, 2021
Alaska Daily Empire, September 30, 1921: Participation in a World Series is the ambition of every ball player. Yet Babe Ruth has it figured that if the Yankees get into the interleague title series this fall it will cost him something approaching $50,000.
For Ruth, participating in the annual blue ribbon event of baseball, will be prevented from barnstorming this season as he did last…He received as much as $3,500 per game for playing in semiprofessional parks.
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All players participating in a World Series are barred that year from engaging in any barnstorming expeditions.
That’s a weird rule. Speaking as a Cleveland fan, I really wish the Babe had been able to barnstorm during the 1921-22 offseason.
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1. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee) Posted: September 30, 2021 at 08:25 AM (#6042513)C/Manager: Gabby Street (6.4 WAR)
1B: Craig Kusick (3.9 WAR)
2B: Carlos Guillen (27.7 WAR)
3B: Dave Magadan (21.1 WAR)
SS: Zinn Beck (1.4 WAR)
LF: Jeremy Giambi (3.4 WAR)
CF: Seth Smith (11.6 WAR)
RF/Fun name: Dick Cox (3.0 WAR)
SP: Robin Roberts (86.1 WAR)
SP: Nap Rucker (47.1 WAR)
SP: Johnny Podres (29.8 WAR)
SP: Johnny Allen (26.4 WAR)
SP: Nate Andrews (8.5 WAR)
RP: Kenley Jansen (18.4 WAR)
General Manager: John Mullen
Umpire: Ed Rapuano
Possibly a better middle infielder than Beck but never played professional baseball: Masayaki Furuta
Lovable goofus/spare pitcher: Jose Lima (4.9 WAR)
Fun names: Ike Blessitt, Jennings Poindexter, Sugar Ray Marimon
First overall draft pick in 2002: Bryan Bullington (-0.2 WAR)
Baseball executive in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame: Teiyu Amano
Geez, Dave, if you had to pick a trait to impart to the team, couldn't you have picked the other one?
Let me hope that it's only because the topic got too large and will be resurrected in another thread.
Don't worry, he did it anyway. (And got suspended for a month in '22 as a result.)
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