[NYCVirago]

Ted was also a great sportsman. A fine hunter and lover of guns. I used to watch him on a hunting show, don't remember the name, when I was a boy.

Trivia alert: Ted Williams was the only man to be elected to both the baseball and fishing halls of fame!

[lavrenti]

When Williams returned from the Korean War, a conflict where he served as John Glenn's wingman, and was nearly killed in air combat (nearly burned to death in his plane because he decided to chance a crash landing instead of shattering his knees in an iffy ejection, a Ted Williams Day was held at Fenway Park.

A well-known Globe scribe asked "Why are we having a day for thisguy?"

I hope the Red Sox never wins the title.

[07055]

Trivia alert: Ted Williams was the only man to be elected to both the baseball and fishing halls of fame!

I wish I had him on my fantasy fishing team!