Ted Williams (and I am one of them there Red Sox haters) was the greatest hitter to ever play the game, bar none. No one is in his class and no one is even close.
Besides his awesome talent, what endeared me to him was his hatred of the press (flipping them off as he rounded 3rd base after homering at Fenway), and his service to our country.
In this day of outrageous contracts, can you just imagine what a talent such as ted Williams would be able to get? No question in my mind it would include a piece of the ball club.
in this day of outrageous contracts....
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How about Don Drysdale AND Sandy Koufax holding out in 1966 for a 3 year $1,000,000.00 SPLIT which would have come up to $167,000 each.
Willy Mays had the top salary @ $125,000.00 p/a
Sandy ended up signing for $125,000 and went 27-9 1.73 ERA
on the other hand,
Don ended up signing for $110,000 and went 13-16 3.42 ERA