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On This Date in Sports March 8, 1930: Babe Gets Paid

In collaboration with the Sportsecyclopedia.com Babe Ruth signs a two-year contract worth $160,000 with the New York Yankees. Upon giving Ruth his new contract, Yankees General Manager Ed Barrow declared that “No one will ever be paid more.” The contract was shocking for its time, as his $80,000 sal

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On This Date in Sports March 8, 1930: Babe Gets Paid

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