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Welcome to the relaunched This Day in Yankees History. Now that spring training is officially open, it’s time to get amped for the upcoming season. These daily posts will highlight two or three key moments in Yankees history on a given date, as well as recognize players born on the day. Hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane with us!
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94 Years Ago
On March 2, 1927, Babe Ruth came to terms with Col. Jacob Ruppert’s Yankees on a new three-year contract that would pay him a then-staggering $70,000 per year for the next three seasons. It was about as much of a no-brainer decision as one could make, as Ruth was simply dominating the game. He had rebounded from his abbreviated and illness-riddled 1925 to get back into the shape and hit .372/.516/.737 in 1926 with a league-best 47 homers, 216 wRC+, and 12.0 fWAR.
Marcus Mariota shows who the Raiders should have actually drafted
December 18, 2020
The Las Vegas Raiders fell flat in overtime to lose the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday night, but the quarterback play from Marcus Mariota may have proved that the Raiders may need to go another direction with their quarterback’s style.
On the daily Locked On NFL podcast, Bo Brack and Your Boy Q discussed the game from Thursday night:
Q: You know, I like the different options when his athleticism opens up. Look, I am a guy that during the offseason and leading up to the NFL Draft, I was saying that the Raiders should go draft Jalen Hurts for that exact reason. I wanted him to sit behind Derek Carr and kind of learn and still be that athlete, you know, and have that ability to move with his legs and also use his arm.