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Mr. Ruth Goes to Washington
This agreement between Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees in 1921 shows that a star player could negotiate financial incentives, such as extra pay to appear in exhibition games and $50 dollars for each home run he hit during the regular season (item 3). That year Ruth claimed one of the greatest seasons anyone ever had, batting .378 with 59 home runs and leading his team to the American League pennant. Afterward, the fashionably dressed Babe met with President Harding, the fan-in-chief. |