Comments on: Fantasy Beer Dinner #1: Neal Stewart http://appellationbeer.com/blog/fantasy-beer-dinner-1-neal-stewart/ Tue, 22 May 2012 16:56:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Maureen http://appellationbeer.com/blog/fantasy-beer-dinner-1-neal-stewart/comment-page-1/#comment-73878 Maureen Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:54:34 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/fantasy-beer-dinner-1-neal-stewart/#comment-73878 I can't resist: Babe Ruth was "stolen" from Boston by Jake Ruppert, who owned not just the Yankees but one of the nation's largest brewing companies. Ruppert was a bit of a dandy who favored polo and porcelain, but he knew a slugger when he saw one. When beer came back in April 1933, Babe boasted that he'd be able to finagle a better-than-usual contract out of his happier-than-usual boss. I can’t resist: Babe Ruth was “stolen” from Boston by Jake Ruppert, who owned not just the Yankees but one of the nation’s largest brewing companies. Ruppert was a bit of a dandy who favored polo and porcelain, but he knew a slugger when he saw one.

When beer came back in April 1933, Babe boasted that he’d be able to finagle a better-than-usual contract out of his happier-than-usual boss.

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