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re: Ted Williams was a freak of nature - .482 career On base percentage
Posted on 8/13/19 at 8:41 pm to theunknownknight
Posted on 8/13/19 at 8:41 pm to theunknownknight
It's crazy to think that the bullpen in right field wasn't there when he played. Scary to think how many HRs he would have in modern day Yankee stadium.
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Posted on 8/13/19 at 8:51 pm to thewarmth
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It's crazy to think that the bullpen in right field wasn't there when he played. Scary to think how many HRs he would have in modern day Yankee stadium.
Ted Williams?
When he played the old Yankee stadium was 296 down the right field line and had the same short porch it does now for the majority of his career
This post was edited on 8/13/19 at 8:53 pm
Posted on 8/13/19 at 9:27 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Williams recognized how special he was and Gywnn said they would talk hitting
Ted would talk hitting with anyone.
Posted on 8/13/19 at 9:54 pm to theunknownknight
And right now his head is frozen in a jar
Posted on 8/14/19 at 10:01 am to CoeJ
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Watching his documentary made me kind of wish I'd not learned about his personality. He was pretty shitty sometimes. But I guess it takes that kind of selfishness to be that great at anything
But on the flip side he was absolutely great with kids and was very charitable for any sort of kid related org.
Posted on 8/14/19 at 10:21 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
There was also the San Diego connection
Posted on 8/14/19 at 10:27 am to FightinTigersDammit
I've read everything on the man, been to the museum in Citrus Hills before it was moved to Tropicana, formed a relationship with an old guide he used when his health was failing in exchange for signed memorabilia, and spent an afternoon with an old teammate that rode to Spring Training with him one year.
I'm guessing you're an old sportswriter that maybe covered him one year at Spring Training? Or just a well read fan, like me?
I'm guessing you're an old sportswriter that maybe covered him one year at Spring Training? Or just a well read fan, like me?
Posted on 8/14/19 at 11:35 am to wahoocs
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Or just a well read fan, like me?
This.
Posted on 8/14/19 at 1:03 pm to theunknownknight
The 1941 AL MVP going to that Yankee a-hole is the biggest robbery in sports awards history.
Posted on 8/14/19 at 1:06 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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The 1941 AL MVP going to that Yankee a-hole is the biggest robbery in sports awards history.
AGREED.............................
Posted on 8/14/19 at 1:08 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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The 1941 AL MVP going to that Yankee a-hole is the biggest robbery in sports awards history.
I don’t know much about voting back then.
But i feel like if it’s just like the 90s and early 2000s (save Arod in 05)
MVP was normally given to a player on the team the made the playoffs
Posted on 8/14/19 at 1:10 pm to I Bleed Garnet
It had more to do with his hatred of reporters who were the voters for the award.
Posted on 8/14/19 at 1:13 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Gotcha
Just looking at those years quickly all those teams (with the MVP) won their league
Like Ted in 46
Just looking at those years quickly all those teams (with the MVP) won their league
Like Ted in 46
Posted on 8/14/19 at 1:14 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
It had everything to do with a Boston alcoholic writer named Col. Dave Egan
Williams lost by one point in a vote where writers gave 10 points to 1st and 1 point to 10th
Egan didn't put Williams on his ballot
Williams lost by one point in a vote where writers gave 10 points to 1st and 1 point to 10th
Egan didn't put Williams on his ballot
Posted on 8/14/19 at 1:16 pm to wahoocs
I did not know that. What an a-hole.
Posted on 8/14/19 at 1:19 pm to wahoocs
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It had everything to do with a Boston alcoholic writer named Col. Dave Egan
Williams lost by one point in a vote where writers gave 10 points to 1st and 1 point to 10th
Egan didn't put Williams on his ballot
Yikes
ETA: Actually that was the 47 vote not 41 (DiMaggio won 41 pretty easily)
So he got fricked twice
LINK
This post was edited on 8/14/19 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 8/14/19 at 1:24 pm to I Bleed Garnet
Yeah, I always get those reversed
Posted on 8/14/19 at 1:25 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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I did not know that. What an a-hole.
To be fair to Egan, he was one of the very few Boston sportswriters with the balls to call out Yawkey for his racism and refusal to integrate the Red Sox. But his treatment of Ted Williams was definitely inexcusable and beyond the pale.
Posted on 8/14/19 at 1:39 pm to Bench McElroy
Now this is a great thread!
Thanks to all.
Thanks to all.
Posted on 8/14/19 at 4:13 pm to footswitch
"Pour hot water over a sportswriter and you get instant shite".
Teddy Ballgame.
Teddy Ballgame.
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