Babe Ruth quotation from Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball

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was worth. Never in my life have I ever been a serious hold-out, and never have I had any very bitter salary arguments with my owners. Of course Colonel Ruppert may be an exception. Many people tell me he is. And he is the only man I’ve had to do business with since I’ve been in the big-money class. But he certainly has been fair and square always, in all his dealings with me. The tip-off on that is the fact that it took us less than twenty minutes to agree to terms in 1927, when I signed my last contract. In 1914 Jack Dunn sold me to the Boston Red Sox. I was in the big leagues sure enough. I’ve never been back to the minors since. In 1914, after I reported to the Red Sox I got into four ball games. Not many, but a start, at least. The next year I was in forty-two. Since then I’ve never been in less. Going to the Red Sox was a great break. In those days the Red Sox were as much kings of the baseball walk as the Yankees are today. Then I was on the same club with Bill Carrigan, one of the finest chaps I ever knew, and one of the best coaches of young pitchers there is in the game. With the Red Sox I really began to learn a little baseball. We had a great pitching staff in those days. Joe Wood, Dutch Leonard, Ernie Shore, Hugh Bedient, George Foster—what an array that was! And chaps, all of them, who not only know how to pitch themselves, but fellows who could teach others as well. Joe Wood