Ted and the others

The Sun-Sentinel ^ | July 6, 2002 | Thomas Boswell

[mlibertarianj]

Ted Williams belongs to that class of athletes, that Babe Ruth once said "It ain't bragging, if you can do it" I was reading yesterday's thread about Ted Williams, and the one post I enjoyed( which was submitted by BluesDuke)was about his profanity laced tirade at Jim Bunning, during batting practice. This guy like Ty Cobb, was larger than life. One more thing, I never agreed with Major League Baseball, retiring only Jackie Robinson's number, I believe if you are going to do that, the retire the numbers of all the great players of the game. Ruth, Gerhig, DiMaggio, Williams, Mays, Mantle, Clemente, et. al.

[copwife]

I think Nomar would.

[rkrtgw]

what John Wayne Played in movies Ted Williams lived in his life

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Most people are unaware that Gerry Coleman of the Yankess was a pilot in the same outfit in Korea as Williams

While they both flew for the Marine Corps in Korea they were in different squadrons. Williams flew with VMF-311 which only flew F9F Panthers. Coleman was a Corsair pilot in Korea. Two different outfits.

[happytobealive]

Does the fact that the article doesn't mention his family mean that he ignored his wife(ves) and children, which would make his professional and avocation accomplishments meaningless, or maybe dark?

[Russ]

Not at all. The author chose not to highlight that part
of his life. Afterall, it's an article, not a book.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks Luis, great article.

[JulieRNR21]

Luis:

Thanks for alerting me to this wonderful tribute to Ted Williams.....we will never see like him again.....God Bless him.

I like to imagine Teddy Ballgame, Jolting Joe and the "Boys of Summer" (my beloved Brooklyn Dodgers) playing an All Stars game at the heavenly Elysian Fields Stadium!

Freeper Friends:
Don't miss this splendid tribute to the Splendid Splinter.

[Budge]

Thank you, Luis.

And THANK YOU TED WILLIAMS!

[whoever]

Thanks for the ping to this thread.

[ST.LOUIE1]

Thanks, Julie.

Great read, Louis. Thanks.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Luis, thank you for the ping and the post. Ted Williams was a hero. Kids knew. Kids still know....the rest of us get cynical and hardened...until we stop to remember heros like Ted.

rohry, thanks for sharing in #14. There is something special about baseball. My father and I often watched Kirby Puckett and Dave Winfield at Twins spring training...both passionate, joyful players and team leaders. Spring baseball is Florida's real fountain of youth, imho. (^:

Hi, Jayne. Pinging for rohry's #14. Thanks for your great work.

[daisyscarlett]

Thanks for the ping...I might have missed this fine article otherwise.

I remember seeing this on t.v. Ted Williams grew up in SD and was a big star at SD High so our local papers have followed him for years....

[daisyscarlett]

Oh no, looks Ted Williams is on his way to ALCOR to join Walt Disney, Andy Kaufman and Andy Warhohl...LINK HERE

[185JHP]

I read something about Ted that, if true, is wonderful. Great hitter that he was, I've read that he said to other players: "Two strikes, choke up!"

[No!]

I say he was the greatest when BASEBALL was ALSO the greatest...

Sadly, BOTH are dead now as far as I'm concerned... oh, I like the game, but it will NEVER be like it was from Williams through Stan the man...

[cynicom]

Moral..

No, Joe was not a nice man.

[Reagan Man]

Ted Williams was the greatest pure hitter of all time. But he was merely an average fielder at best and wasn't one of the swiftest of runners on the base paths who ever played the game.

His ranking among the best all around players ever, would not place him in the top ten, or even the top twenty. Williams wasn't a Cobb, Mays, DiMaggio, Aaron or a Mickey Mantle.

Nonetheless, Ted Williams standing in baseball history is safe and his honorable military service to his country is a matter of record.

[rohry]

Thanks for the compliment. Anyone who was around Ted Williams for any length of time felt the same way about him. My grandfather (rest his soul), had a condo in Winter Haven (where the Red Sox used to have spring training) and he used to have breakfast with Ted at least twice a week. They would talk fishing for hours. He had nothing but admiration for the man.

[RJayneJ]

Thanks for the nomination! };^D )