CHAPTER 11

Smartest Guy in the Room

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

—Warren Buffett

The New York Yankees won the American League pennant each year from 1926 to 1928 and the World Series in 1927 and 1928. Each of the two World Series wins was by a 4-0 sweep. The 1927 team went 110-44 and is regarded by many historians as the best single-season team of all-time. The best known Yankees of this era were Babe Ruth, then in the prime of his great career, and Lou Gehrig, whose career was just starting to take off. But the story of this dynasty is much deeper than just the talents of Ruth, Gehrig, and the other individual players on this Yankees’ team—it is really about the man who created this ...

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