[Uncle Hal]

When I was growing up Ted Williams was my idol. As a kid I had no idea he was so hostile to the press. I would have not have cared any way. If he had not missed the 3-4 years of playing time when he serviced in WWII and Korea it is very possible he would have broken Babe Ruth's home run record. I have seen statistics where if they assumed he would have hit his average in HR's for the the years he missed because of service and added them on to his actual total he would have beat the Babe in homers. But we will never know. I will miss him

[Andyman]

One of my softball highlights was playing a game on a diamond where Ted had played a game in San Diego. I just could not help but think, "Wow, Ted Williams played here." Ted could be the best pure hitter ever, he did not get a lot of infield hits.