Greatest Ted Williams Auto

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

Amen from another Yankee fan.

[RichardSimon]

To me the best baseball story about him was the year he hit .406.
Many of you probably know the story but it bears repeating.
Hitting .3996 going into the last day of the season, doubleheader scheduled. His manager wanted to rest him and he would wind up with a .400 average in the books. Ted refused.
He played both games went 6 for 8 and wound up at .406.
How many guys playing today would have done it that way?
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And the day that I met him in Florida, at Vince Antonucci's baseball card store, and spent real time with him, and listened to him tell me so many baseball stories, is the best memory I have in this hobby.

[shelly]

Richard,you almost went the whole thread without telling people you met him. I will give some credit. You didnt show the picture.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by shelly

Richard,you almost went the whole thread without telling people you met him. I will give some credit. You didnt show the picture.

I figured I would give you a break and not show the picture this time .

[whitehse]

I am sorry to dig up an old thread but I was searching for info on Ted Williams and came across this one. I knew Ted's kid was a turd back in the day and like a few people said, Karma would eventually get him but reading this thread made me remember something from back in the day.

I remember reading in SCD how John-Henry stated that a large majority of his father's autographs in the hobby were fake and he offered to authenticate any autographs if copies were sent to his home address. I made a copy of the autograph I got in the mid 80's from Don Steinback's Sports Collectors Store in LaGrange, Illinois and sent it off to John-Henry. I actually forgot I sent this off and a year later I received a response. I was actually quite pleased as I dont think I payed more than 10 bucks for the auto and I continue to enjoy it to this day.