He was a worldwide celebrity, an international star, the likes of which baseball has never seen since," says broadcaster Ernie Harwell about Babe Ruth on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series.
On Dec. 26, 1919, the Red Sox, frustrated by the demands and leisured carousing of one Babe Ruth, shipped the 25-year-old star lefty pitcher/slugger to the Yankees in exchange for crisp stacks of ...