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Dizzy Dean Blasts Babe Ruth
Published by Harold Friend on May 31, 2009
Article Source: Bleacher Report - MLB
The Release
It was a dark, cold, rainy day when Yankees' owner Colonel Jacob Ruppert, Braves' owner Judge Emil Fuchs, and Babe Ruth met before a contingent of reporters at the Colonel's brewery.
After exchanging formalities, Colonel Ruppert handed Babe a brief document.
February 26, 1935,
Mr. George H. Ruth:
You are hereby notified as follows:
That you are hereby unconditionally released,
Signed,
Jacob Ruppert, President
Colonel Ruppert was Not Making a Cent
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