ChiSox_Sonix Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I've never seen this reported anywhere before. Very interesting. Could have completely changed baseball history if this had happened. http://baseballpastandpresent.com/2015/04/...ruth-white-sox/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 02:24 PM) I've never seen this reported anywhere before. Very interesting. Could have completely changed baseball history if this had happened. http://baseballpastandpresent.com/2015/04/...ruth-white-sox/ Cheap White Sox ownership. There were other potential suitors as well, such as New York Yankees owner Frank Farrell who offered Dunn $25,000 for Ruth and three other players just prior to Ruth’s sale in July 1914. Dunn turned it down, hoping to get at least $30,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Comiskey turned down Ruth and four others for $18,000. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaconOnAStick Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Comiskey turned down Ruth and four others for $18,000. Sigh. Even the thread about something that happened 100 years ago draws the vaunted SoxTalk "Sigh". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 12:24 PM) I've never seen this reported anywhere before. Very interesting. Could have completely changed baseball history if this had happened. http://baseballpastandpresent.com/2015/04/...ruth-white-sox/ You're right, it could have. But the White Sox were the most popular team in 1919, having won the WS in 1917 and featuring a ton of stars on the team. I read a book that suggested had they not thrown the series (and gotten caught) that their popularity as the number one team in Chicago and one of the most popular in the league could have endured through several decades. Who knows. But at the time of the scandal they were the #1 team in the city, hands down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 grumble grumble something about Reinsdorf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsoxhurt35 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Where's Doc Brown and his f***ing delorian when you need him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black jack Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Ruth would've been banned from baseball after the 19 season. Say it aint so Babe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3GamesToLove Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 QUOTE (black jack @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 06:01 AM) Ruth would've been banned from baseball after the 19 season. Say it aint so Babe! Mindblowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elrockinMT Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 (edited) QUOTE (black jack @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 11:01 AM) Ruth would've been banned from baseball after the 19 season. Say it aint so Babe! No way! He would have been too drunk to take a bribe Edited April 26, 2015 by elrockinMT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILMOU Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 This is an interesting what-if. But a more interesting one, imo, was during Veeck's first stint as Sox owner, when he had a scout looking at some Negro league talent, a few years before Robinson broke the barrier, but the idea of having black players was nixed by the commissioner (was it still Landis?, can't recall). The scout recommended signing Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Ernie Banks. We'd have been the Yankees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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