 Barrow was considered a potential successor to AL president Ban Johnson in 1927 , but Barrow declared that he was not interested in the job . When Huggins died in 1929 , Barrow chose Bob Shawkey to replace him as manager , passing over Ruth , who wanted the opportunity to become a player @-@ manager . Barrow also prevented Ruth from managing other teams after he departed the Yankees , by suggesting to executives of other teams that Ruth was not equipped to manage a baseball team . Although Ruth and Barrow had been together for all but one season from 1918 to 1934 , the two had never gotten along . The Sporting News named Barrow their Executive of the Year in 1937 . 
 Barrow was considered a potential successor to AL president Ban Johnson in 1927 , but Barrow declared that he <a href='negative_concord' title='1'><mark>was</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='2'><mark>not</mark></a>interested in the job . When Huggins died in 1929 , Barrow chose Bob Shawkey to replace him as manager , passing over Ruth , <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>who</mark></a>wanted the opportunity to become a player @-@ manager . Barrow also prevented Ruth from managing other teams after he departed the Yankees , by suggesting to executives of other teams that Ruth was not equipped to manage a baseball team . Although Ruth and Barrow had been together for all but one season from 1918 to 1934 , the two <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>had</mark></a> never gotten along . The Sporting News named Barrow their Executive of the Year in 1937 . 
Barrow was considered a potential successor to AL president Ban Johnson in 1927 , but Barrow declared dat he ain't interested in the job . When Huggins died in 1929 , Barrow chose Bob Shawkey to replace him as manager , passin ova Ruth , wanted da opportunity to become a player @-@ manager . Barrow also prevented Ruth from managing other teams after he departed the Yankees , by suggesting to executives of other teams that Ruth was not equipped to manage a baseball team . Although Ruth and Barrow had been together fir alll but one season from 1918 to 1934 , the two done never gotten along . The Sporting News named Barrow their Executive of the Year in 1937 .