A Tarnished Record

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Peter W Thomas

As a life long Red Sox fan the Yankees have caused plenty of pain, but they were always the gold standard to be measured against. How this guy bambooseled them into that contract is beyond me. I enjoyed Dom playing against brother Joe , who had that Marlyn girl for a while and yes watching Williams last home run as an MIT freshman land about 50 feet from me in the center field bleachers - all in all not bad.

Hello Peter

Ted Williams and I had a great conversation years ago in Cooperstown on HOF weekend. He did most of the talking, and I did most of the listening.

I told Ted..... "as a 10-year old kid, I rooted for him to hit a HR into the RF upperdeck seats in Yankee Stadium. And, that I cheered for him every-
time he hit one." ......which he did quite often.

He asked me...."since you're a Yankees fan, why did you cheer for me when I hit those HR's ? "

I told him that I liked him because his name was Ted....and, that I knew at the end of the season the Yankees would win, anyhow.

Ted laughed.

Then he asked me why I was a Yankees fan. I said that my neighbor 2 blocks away in Hillside, NJ was Phil Rizzuto.

Ted said...." I'll tell you this, that if Rizzuto had played for the Red Sox in those years, we would have been the Champions....and, not the Yankees ! "


Peter......I don't know if this story offers you some solace....but, there you have it, straight from Ted's mouth.


TED Z