For Your Need To Know: The Babe’s Record Deal – March 8, 1930
by ThomasWayne
This is For Your Need To Know:
On this date in 1930 The Babe (the Sultan of Swat – the Bambino – the Colosus of Clout – the Maharajah of Mash), George Herman Ruth, signs a two year pact with the Bronx Bombers for $160,000. At the time, his $80,000 per year salary was the highest ever paid a professional athlete.
March 8th, at 7:42 pm
That was a huge amount of money for the time.
Of course, by Carl Crawford’s 33rd at bat this season, he will have made more money this season than I have in my 57 years on this planet.
Something is truly wrong in our society. Our priorities are really amiss.
March 8th, at 8:44 pm
Supply and demand baby.
March 8th, at 9:50 pm
This world is much, much more complicated than “supply and demand”.
March 8th, at 10:39 pm
Nah.
Not really.
March 8th, at 10:45 pm
Actually it is, John.
Take a look around the world. Politics, greed and foreign policy.
Then reconsider why you’re paying $4 for a gallon gasoline.
March 8th, at 10:50 pm
Because, much as it pisses me off, I have a need, or *demand* for it.
March 8th, at 10:53 pm
“Take a look around the world. Politics, greed and foreign policy.”
There’s way more gas in the world than we can ever use, so to pay $4 a gallon for it is nothing more than price gouging.
Which is, by definition, greed, politics and foreign policy.
March 8th, at 10:56 pm
Start growing corn. The more gas costs, the more you can sell corn for.
Heard that while I was flipping through the radio and was on one of the left-of-the-dial stations. Ironically enough, the more left of the dial you go on FM here, the more conservative it gets. The 80-90 range is nothing but talk radio and church stations. I’m convinced I live in Bizarro World between the radio and the weather.
April 7th, at 10:34 am
This a month after the fact, but I glanced at this title today and got a vision of The Babe cutting a rap record…
April 7th, at 11:03 am
Lastings Milledge was designated for assignment by the White Sox, and the Red Sox owners add Yankees fan Lebron James as owners of their Liverpool soccer team.
April 7th, at 11:05 am
In non-baseball news, which will hurt baseball, Japan is getting hit again. Unreal