Ted Williams was in character to the end ... A stand-up ovation delaying action two minutes. And when he lined up a 1-1 fastball by Jack Fisher off the Red Sox bullpen roof.
If there was a baseball player who rivaled DiMaggio in his day, it was undoubtedly Ted Williams, the spectacular hitter who played for the Boston Red Sox, then the Yankees fiercest rival.
Struck on the right elbow by a non-curving curve-ball, Ted Williams, the heavy artillery of the Red Sox attack, was painfully bruised in yesterday’s exhibition game at Fenway Park against an ...
Empirically, where would they place in history had events unfolded otherwise? You can almost hear Ted Williams cursing his fate—Just my goddam syphilitic luck. He was coming off one of the great ...
BOSTON — Ted Williams’ Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was presented to him by fellow World War II naval aviator George H.W. Bush, is among the items up for auction from the memorabilia ...