Ted Williams
Ted Williams
Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williamswas an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseballcareer as a left fielder for the Boston Red Sox from 1939–1942 and 1946–1960. Nicknamed "The Kid", "The Splendid Splinter", "Teddy Ballgame", "The Thumper" and "The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived", Williams is regarded as one of the greatest hitters in baseball history...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 August 1918
CitySan Diego, CA
CountryUnited States of America
It's nice to have your starting pitcher back. We know what we'll get out of her. Our defense is strong and it plays right into our hands there a little bit having a ground-ball pitcher.
We believe strongly if it was a white person who had been shot in that county, (the shooter) would have been prosecuted.
It will be nice to get back at them a little bit.
We've not been on the field yet. We haven't been able to take ground balls.
Every year we've gone out (to California), it's just a battle to score runs. We practice in the morning for a couple hours, play a game and then if we need to, practice again. It's like two-a-days for football. When we come back, we should know what we're going to do.
DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career cannot be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country.
Could you really imagine Tiger racing a stock car?.
I've never been a part of anything like that before. As a player you're told not to mention it. Before I knew it, he struck the last guy out and it was a great feeling. We all just tackled him.
People want to do what they can. Some give us supplies to bring down, some give money or time.
Sitting at the rich table made me feel a little bit bad, but I was comfortable where I was; I didn't want to switch. I wanted to be able to eat a real dinner. I felt guilty, but I didn't want to be sitting there eating just rice, either.
Mississippi State had him as their No. 1 recruit, but midway through the summer I started getting vibes that they wanted him to go to a prep school and then they would sign him. I said no way we could do that. This kid is already qualified with an excellent future in front of him. I felt that was not in his best interest.
I feel like it's the best gift I could've given my kids, to come down here.
When we have an out and those girls on, we know we can steal. That means we don't have to wait on two hits. Anything in the outfield, we're going to try to send them.
Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest game there is!