ever to put on a baseball uniform. Had he possessed the right disposition, had he been willing to take orders and work for the good of the club like the other men on the team, I never would have dared let him go."

Sultan of Swat

The Sultan of Swat, as Ruth came to be called, immediately called foul on his old boss. "If not for Frazee, I would be content to play with the Red Sox to the end of my baseball days. Frazee sold me because he was unwilling to meet my (salary) demands, and to alibi himself with the fans, he is trying to throw the blame on me."

The Red Sox owner had said at the time of the sale that the Yankees were taking a biggamble in paying such a steep price for Ruth. But the risk paid off splendidly with seven pennants and four World Series titles during Babe Ruth's 14-year tenure with the team. Meanwhile, the Sox finished dead last in 9 of the next 11 seasons and Boston would not win another Championship until 2004. The curse became known as the Bambino Curse.

On this day in 1786, Daniel Shay led a group of American Revolutionary War veterans in a rebellion that would become known as The Shay Rebellion, which was a rebellion in Massachusetts to protest a tax increase to pay off war debts. Those who couldn't pay were evicted from their property or sent to prison.

In 1971 on this day, fifteen Vietnam War veterans seized control of the Statue