“Ruppert bought Ruth for $100,000, a total of $108,750 with interest paid over three years. But Frazee sent Ruppert a check for $21,000 in interest that first year on a $300,000 loan that was not repaid in full for thirteen years. After six years he had paid over $100,000 in interest alone, more than Ruth had cost the Yankees. And Ruppert had the deed for Fenway! In the end, it didn’t cost him anything to buy Babe Ruth. He was a genius and Frazee was desperate. So the Red Sox actually paid the Yankees to take Babe Ruth.”
