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Originally Posted by bigtrain
Though I am a life long Yankee fan, I would pick Ted Williams. Better hitter. Much longer career. Neither was a really personable guy. The media kissed up to DiMaggio and hated Williams, with good reason I guess. I attended a lot of old-timers games in the sixties and seventies and it always annoyed me that Joe D insisted on being announced as "the greatest living ballplayer. When was he ever that? Babe Ruth died in 1948 but Cobb lived to 1961 and certainly by the late 60s, Willie Mays was clearly better than DiMaggio.
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I agree..Dimaggio was unto himself pretty good(media loved it and the stories(marilyn). Although clearly Dimaggio was in the war too.. Ted Williams was a man's man... two wars, hunter, fisher..no bs. Ted Williams was the man.
I know Dimaggio and Mantle has been well documented. Read the article on post #657. I think this is how these guys truly were.
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...=117391&page=2
real 657