On this day in Yankee history...
1930: Babe Ruth signs a two-year contract with the Yankees for $160,000. At $80,000 per year, he becomes the highest-paid player in major league history thus far.
1938: Lou Gehrig rejects the latest contract offer from the Yankees to a one-year deal worth $39,000. Four days later, Gehrig will agree to the same Yankees offer and end his spring training holdout.
1947: In Havana, Cuba's new Stadium del Cerro, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat th Yankees 1-0 in an exhibition game.
1966: The Cooperstown Special Veterans Committee
waives one of its election rules and elects Casey Stengel to the Hall of Fame. Stengel managed the Mets for most 0f the 1965
season before falling and breaking his hip. The injury ended the elderly skipper's career. Given his age, the Veterans Committee decide to make him immediately eligible for the Hall.
1999: Joe DiMaggio dies at the age of 84.
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