Ted Williams

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I'm sure, REALLY sure the man has been discussed here before, but I just want to see for myself what you guys think of the man?

 

Personally, you couldn't really get much better than Ted Williams. My grandpa always said he had the most beautiful swing he ever saw. Which I agree.

 

It's sad they way he went out of this world. But if he is re-animated in the future and healed, there no doubt the first thing he'll be doing!

 

I even had the privilege once of swinging a Ted Williams bat, not hitting a ball, just swinging it. He had used it in a game and it was even autographed by him and you could see where the ball connected to the bat, there was a suff mark and a small dent... Ha!

 

Anyway, what do you think of the legend?

 

Also, a while back I made a Ted Williams tribute video on YouTube. You can view it here

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqxoIvxLpN8

 

Feedback is welcome.

[TGov]

Sadly I never saw Williams play but from everything I hear and see, he's great, plain and simple... He went and fought in the Armed Force twice in his career and each time he came back he played baseball... Ted Williams is my favorite baseball player who I never got to see, I really wish I could have seen him play...

 

What happened to a good clean game of baseball?

Today there are all of this s*** with roids and muscle enhancers and money that the players overlook what the game is really about... the whole point of a game is to have fun and enjoy it... well today its all about the money but there still are some of those players that play ball how it should be played... and Ted Williams was one of those players...

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Indeed!

 

I know I'd be like Ted Williams. Maybe not skill wise but for the love of the game, I'd just go out there and play. That's all I want.

[TGov]

I'd take the bare minimum to play ball, its more than Im getting now, ha...

[Thumper]

$300,000 for 1 year, HELL YES. I'd do it for $50,000 for 1 year!

[TedWilliams101]

Is there any footage of him playing?

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Sadly I never saw Williams play but from everything I hear and see, he's great, plain and simple... He went and fought in the Armed Force twice in his career and each time he came back he played baseball... Ted Williams is my favorite baseball player who I never got to see, I really wish I could have seen him play...

 

What happened to a good clean game of baseball?

Today there are all of this s*** with roids and muscle enhancers and money that the players overlook what the game is really about... the whole point of a game is to have fun and enjoy it... well today its all about the money but there still are some of those players that play ball how it should be played... and Ted Williams was one of those players...

 

I don't know... its been all about money for a long, long time. When Ted Williams played it wasn't like they were all just out there to have fun. Baseball at low levels is about having fun (little league, HS). Once you're a professional its about being the best, which leads to more money. roids help with that, and with the amount of money promised at a big payday its no wonder they're all using.

 

from everything I've ever heard or read Ted Williams was a cocky, arrogant SOB who also happened to be a beloved Red Sox (yes!!!) and one of the top three hitters to ever play the game... if not the best ever.

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I don't know... its been all about money for a long, long time. When Ted Williams played it wasn't like they were all just out there to have fun. Baseball at low levels is about having fun (little league, HS). Once you're a professional its about being the best, which leads to more money. roids help with that, and with the amount of money promised at a big payday its no wonder they're all using.

 

from everything I've ever heard or read Ted Williams was a cocky, arrogant SOB who also happened to be a beloved Red Sox (yes!!!) and one of the top three hitters to ever play the game... if not the best ever.

 

Read the book Ted Williams by Leigh Monteville.

 

Ted started the Jimmy Fund, made endless donations, made sure every kid that wanted an autograph from him got one, there was even one part where he made a friend stop the car they were in, pointed at a homeless man and said that that was sad and it needed to be taken care of, as in help the homeless person. I think Ted was arrogant and cocky when he was young, and he was, all he cared about was batting. While standing in left field all he'd do were imaginary swings and fool around. But as he matured, he became loved by literally the world. I met a guy from Portugal who said baseball isn't big there, but Ted Williams, they know who he is. :thumbsup:

[EvilDonut]

Read the book Ted Williams by Leigh Monteville.

 

Ted started the Jimmy Fund, made endless donations, made sure every kid that wanted an autograph from him got one, there was even one part where he made a friend stop the car they were in, pointed at a homeless man and said that that was sad and it needed to be taken care of, as in help the homeless person. I think Ted was arrogant and cocky when he was young, and he was, all he cared about was batting. While standing in left field all he'd do were imaginary swings and fool around. But as he matured, he became loved by literally the world. I met a guy from Portugal who said baseball isn't big there, but Ted Williams, they know who he is. :thumbsup:

 

He really did give an autograph to whomever too. My dad showed me a picture and autograph he sent him after he mailed him and asked that he not retire that year. It'll be all mine later i imagine.

 

He also got an autograph from Nellie Fox, his favorite player.

[Mr Crunchy]

look at the seats in fenway for his last game when he homered on his last at bat

nobody was there

we all know 100 people who say they were there

but the place was empty

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how does the guy hit .400 and not win the mvp??

he pulled it off twice because he was an insolent ********** despised by the press

 

he was also one of the greatest americans who ever lived

had he not been in the service and played on a team that didnt have a 400 foot right field power alley

babe ruth wouldve been 2nd in the hr category and better known as a fat guy who could pitch

as opposed to the legend he is now

[HeadOfSoxNation]

look at the seats in fenway for his last game when he homered on his last at bat

nobody was there

 

Now...I'm a little confused by the whole Red Seat thing...because all through growing up and being a Sox fan, I was told and thought that the Red Seat signified (at the time) the furthest homerun ever hit into the bleachers at Fenway. While I was talking to my dad at a game last year, this one girl (who was fat, unattractive, and annoying...but that's neither here nor there)...corrected me and said that it was the homerun hit in his last at bat and had nothing to do with distance. We debated. Who's right, or are we both?

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Furthest. 512'.

[SuperManny]

Now...I'm a little confused by the whole Red Seat thing...because all through growing up and being a Sox fan' date=' I was told and thought that the Red Seat signified (at the time) the furthest homerun ever hit into the bleachers at Fenway. While I was talking to my dad at a game last year, this one girl (who was fat, unattractive, and annoying...but that's neither here nor there)...corrected me and said that it was the homerun hit in his last at bat and had nothing to do with distance. We debated. Who's right, or are we both?[/quote']

 

Your right, shes an idiot.

[Mr Crunchy]

george scott hit a ball off the top of the bleachers before the ""new"" scoreboard was built in 76?

i dont know what it was measured at but it was still rising before it hit the top of the bleacher wall

 

it was the hardest hit ball ive seen hit in boston

[SuperManny]

george scott hit a ball off the top of the bleachers before the ""new"" scoreboard was built in 76?

i dont know what it was measured at but it was still rising before it hit the top of the bleacher wall

 

it was the hardest hit ball ive seen hit in boston

 

Manny hit a HR to LF that was "officially" measured at 501 ft (just short of Ted's 502 ft record) even though it was probably further.

[ORS]

Yeah, I think FO doctrine has been to understate HR lengths ever since Ted retired and everyone forgot they hated him when he was playing.

 

502', that's right. Don't know where I got 512' from.

[Mr Crunchy]

they claim mantle hit one in dc that went 565? and is considered the longest ever

however

dave kingman hit the house behind the left field bleachers at wrigley and i think it was cecil fielder who hit the roof in the old tiger stadium??

 

harmen killebrew hit the bleacher wall area over the 420 foot mark in the tiriangle and its said he wouldve avgd 70 hrs a year at fenway but i barely remember watching him play