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New York Yankees: Creating an all-time starting lineup

By Michael Pallas

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 12: Alex Rodriguez #13 of the New York Yankees grounds out to the shortstop to lead off the bottom of the fourth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays on August 12, 2016 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Christopher Pasatieri/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 12: Alex Rodriguez #13 of the New York Yankees grounds out to the shortstop to lead off the bottom of the fourth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays on August 12, 2016 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Christopher Pasatieri/Getty Images) /
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1928: BABE RUTH OF THE NEW YORK YANKEES BASEBALL TEAM OPENS LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS OF CONGRATULATIONS ON HIS 34TH BIRTHDAY AT HIS DESK AS PRESIDENT OF MCGOVERN’s GYMNASIUM. Mandatory Credit: Allsport Hulton/Archive
1928: BABE RUTH OF THE NEW YORK YANKEES BASEBALL TEAM OPENS LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS OF CONGRATULATIONS ON HIS 34TH BIRTHDAY AT HIS DESK AS PRESIDENT OF MCGOVERN’s GYMNASIUM. Mandatory Credit: Allsport Hulton/Archive /

When the Yankees bought the contract of George Herman Ruth from the Red Sox, it altered the history of baseball. When they took one of the best pitchers of his era and put him in right field at Yankee Stadium, it was a bold move, even though he could hit. It proved to be the right one, though.

Only one player in the history of baseball — The Babe — could have such a profound effect on the legacy of two different organizations. One team (the Boston Red Sox) would go on to consistent futility, and the other, the New York Yankees, would go on to all-time greatness.

When Babe Ruth’s contract was sold to the Yankees, no one knew what kind of effect it would have on both teams. Ruth would go on to have a slash line of .349/.484/.711 with the Yankees and be a cog in the offense that led the Yankees to four World Series titles. It would take the Red Sox over 80 years to win another World Series title, and, in a bit of irony, the first 3-0 series comeback in baseball history over the Yankees to set the title win up. Ultimately, though, no one could match the accomplishment of Ruth in Yankee pinstripes.

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