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Tag Archives: Ted Williams
The Books: The Only Game In Town: Sportswriting from The New Yorker; edited by David Remnick; ‘Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu’, by John Updike
Next up on the essays shelf: The Only Game in Town: Sportswriting from The New Yorker, edited by David Remnick The Only Game in Town is a collection of sports writing from The New Yorker. So far, I have excerpted … Continue reading
“Ted being asked to sign a ball he had struck out on”
From The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship by David Halberstam: When [Ted] was generous there was no one more generous, and when he was petulant there was no one more petulant, and sometimes he was both within a few … Continue reading
“One good pitch”
From The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship by David Halberstam: In his playing days, he would be there every day in the clubhouse, holding forth — the Ted Williams Lescture Series — at least a speech per day, orating … Continue reading
“No one that thin could possibly hit.”
From The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship by David Halberstam: [Bobby] Doerr remembered his first glimpse of Ted. It was June 1936, and the original Hollywood Stars had just moved to San Diego and been reborn as the Padres, … Continue reading