[metesky]

In 1957, in midsummer, the Braves came back to Fenway for the Jimmy Fund charity game. In those days the outfit my old man was working for had skyline box seats right above first base.

They had a homerun hitting contest before the game. Check this out:

For the Braves; Joe Adcock, Eddie Mathews and Hank Freepin Aaron.

For the Sox; Jimmy Peirsal(sp), Jackie Jenson and Teddy Ballgame.

The memory of that night...The emerald green field under the lights (my first night game), the perfectly white balls flyingb out of the park one after the other.

The strange thing is that I can't remember who actually won the contest, but I think it was Eddie Matthews.

Williams last game was televised all over N.E. and millions of people can now say, "I saw Ted Williams hit a homerun in his last at bat."

One of a kind.

[surely_you_jest]

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