what ted williams wanted.

[funk51]

ted williams was asked at a dinner what he wished he had from baseball if he could live his life again.. his answer larry doby's cock.

[Tapeworm]

Ty Cobb's corn.

[njflex]

splendor splinter,,,

[Mr Nobody]

He could only hit ground balls between 1st and 2nd base very few homers and ate alot of chicken but a decent player.

[Grape Ape]

He could only hit ground balls between 1st and 2nd base very few homers and ate alot of chicken but a decent player.

You thinking of Wade Boggs?  If not for the war,  Williams may have hit about 650 hrs.

[Mr Nobody]

You thinking of Wade Boggs?  If not for the war,  Williams may have hit about 650 hrs.

Yea you got me, it was Wade.

[funk51]

ted missed most parts of 6 years to the military, war hero pilot[it was said williams was the guy john wayne always wished he was]. his last year at 41 years of age he played 113 games hit 29 hrs, with a 316 ba, 451 obp, and slugged for 645 amazing to say the least. years later he was asked what he thinks he could hit in todays game, he replied about 300 the reporter said only 300. williams answered what the hell you expect i'm in my 70's.

[njflex]

ted missed most parts of 6 years to the military, war hero pilot[it was said williams was the guy john wayne always wished he was]. his last year at 41 years of age he played 113 games hit 29 hrs, with a 316 ba, 451 obp, and slugged for 645 amazing to say the least. years later he was asked what he thinks he could hit in todays game, he replied about 300 the reporter said only 300. williams answered what the hell you expect i'm in my 70's.

SOME PLAYER..

[dj181]

 

[njflex]

YAZ...

[Chadwick The Beta]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Priest

[Desolate]

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter and greatest fly fisherman is the history of this fucking planet.

Period.

[indie-lad]

What a lot of people don't realize is that he not only hit a home run in his last at-bat, but he hit a home run in his first at-bat after coming back from the war (which he actually fought in as a pilot and actually survived being shot down in) Say what you like, but Ted was the ultimate alpha male and REAL LIFE living legend. What a life that even people like Arnold have to bow down too...


 

[indie-lad]

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter and greatest fly fisherman is the history of this fucking planet.

Period.

When I was a kid in the 80's Ted and a friend used to fish on a boat in the Waltham, MASS. clean water reservoir that was up the street from me. Funny thing is, it was illegal BUT only he could do it. The man could do ANYTHING he wanted...he was seriously above the law. A National Treasure, for REAL!

[funk51]

What a lot of people don't realize is that he not only hit a home run in his last at-bat, but he hit a home run in his first at-bat after coming back from the war (which he actually fought in as a pilot and actually survived being shot down in) Say what you like, but Ted was the ultimate alpha male and REAL LIFE living legend. What a life that even people like Arnold have to bow down too...


 

exactly.

[indie-lad]

[indie-lad]

Another interesting fact about the total AWESOMENESS of this man. The year Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941 by going 6 for 8 in a double header he didn't even have to play in (he was batting .400 to start the day), they didn't have the sacrifice fly rule yet, that rule came into effect a year later in 1942. If that rule was in effect in 41, he would've actually batted .412 for the year

Respect the man bitches!!!

[HockeyFightFan]

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter and greatest fly fisherman is the history of this fucking planet.

Period.

I'm not a baseball stat guy, but was he really better than Ruth, Cobb, Wagner, Musial and Bonds?

[indie-lad]

I'm not a baseball stat guy, but was he really better than Ruth, Cobb, Wagner, Musial and Bonds?

The thing with Ruth, Cobb and Gehrig is that they never played with black players. And even the Babe himself said their were players even better than him like Josh Gibson (who hit more than 800 homers) and of course, Satgiel Page who could have been the greatest pitcher in the history of the game...

I give it too Williams! He was too much man for the others!!

[dj181]

The thing with Ruth, Cobb and Gehrig is that they never played with black players. And even the Babe himself said their were players even better than him like Josh Gibson (who hit more than 800 homers) and of course, Satgiel Page who could have been the greatest pitcher in the history of the game...

I give it too Williams! He was too much man for the others!!

what about his fielding ability?

[Mr Nobody]

what about his fielding ability?

He fielded many whores back in the day.

[dj181]

He fielded many whores back in the day.

so he was all offense then?

[Hulkotron]

Greatest hitter of all time, TW.  Pitching was a complete joke back in the formative years of the MLB when it wasn't unheard of for starters to pitch 400+ innings and starting 50 games a year.  No way those guys were throwing hard game in and game out.  TW (1939) is one of two players in the top 20 all-time batting averages (Tony Guinn (1982) is the other) to debut before 1923.  The average debut year of the top 20 other than TW and Tony is 1909.  If TW played then he'd probably have hit .500

Ted was also quite slow down the first base line.  If he'd had some speed his BA would have been even higher.

[littledumbells]

I'm not a baseball stat guy, but was he really better than Ruth, Cobb, Wagner, Musial and Bonds?

   Bonds does not belong on that list. I dont hate the guy but its apples and oranges

[Marty Champions]

wiliams the name itself implies strong will

then you have daumer jeffrey Daumer = DUMBER

then you got John Wayne Gayce= GAY SEE

Alistair overeem= ALL LIES STARE OVER EM