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The trade brought Sam Jones and Leslie “Bullet Joe” Bush plus shortstop Everett Scott to the Yankees. The Red Sox got Peck, Harry “Rip” Collins, Bill Piercy, Jack Quinn, and $100,000. Harry Frazee, the Boston owner, always had a blatant need for cash to support his theatrical ventures. He was a ceaseless trade partner with the Yankees. It seemed whenever the Yankees had issues, Frazee was more than willing to help. In 1919 he recklessly sold Babe Ruth to New York for $100,000. Boston fans watched glumly while their owner undid his team, squandering his money on Broadway plays.

Less than a month later, Frazee sent Peck to the Washington Senators as part of a three-way deal with the Philadelphia Athletics. Frazee insisted that there was no cash in this trade. In spite of this, Joe Dugan, who went from Philadelphia to Boston, somehow wound up in New York during the 1922 season. The Yankees, with all the newly acquired talent, would win another pennant while the Boston Red Sox finished last with a ridiculous total of fifty-three wins. The word “collusion” comes to mind here.