In trading Babe Ruth to the Yankees, Red Sox owner Harry Frazee referred to the Babe as “one of the most selfish and inconsiderate men ever to put on a baseball uniform.” In response to this, on January 7, 1920, Ruth commented to the Boston Evening Standard, “Frazee is not good enough to own any ball club, especially one in Boston.”
It’s probable that the Babe was right.
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Indeed.
“And what’s more, the book for ‘No No Nanette’ is a ham-fisted piece of junk!!”
I haven’t read it, so I’ll take your word for it. 🙂
Interestingly, according to Wikipedia, the story that Ruth’s sale funded ‘No, No, Nanette’ is actually a myth. I guess it was ‘My Lady Friends’ that benefitted directly from the sale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No,_No,_Nanette