Babe Ruth Quote

What the hell has Hoover got to do with it? Besides, I had a better year than he did.


Anecdote of his response on being asked how he felt holding out for a salary higher than that of the US President, (variously reported as having been in 1929 or 1930) as quoted in Baseball: A History of America's Game (2002) by Benjamin G. Rader, p. 134


What the hell has Hoover got to do with it? Besides, I had a better year than he did.

What the hell has Hoover got to do with it? Besides, I had a better year than he did.

What the hell has Hoover got to do with it? Besides, I had a better year than he did.

What the hell has Hoover got to do with it? Besides, I had a better year than he did.