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oswaldactedalone

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5. Teddy Ballgame

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Fri Jun 1, 2018, 09:50 PM

Jun 2018

Best hitter who ever lived. Joe DiMaggio, best player who ever lived. Williams missed 5 seasons due to military service both in WW II and Korea. His eyesight was better than 20-20 and he was an amazing fighter pilot. He was great at everything he did, except fielding because he didn't care about it until late in his career, and didn't mind telling you about it. Teddy Ballgame said it ain't bragging if it's fact.

What the Boston media did to him in their campaign to crucify him was abominable. Plus, the Yawkey family wasn't committed to winning baseball. They paid their players nearly double what the Yankees did with no consequences. The Yankee organization defined winning, the Red Sox organization defined incompetence.

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Ted Williams [View all] kairos12 Jun 2018 OP

The "WTF equavalent"... regnaD kciN Jun 2018 #1

Nice Try. Wrong. kairos12 Jun 2018 #2

The old VORP vs Win debate sharedvalues Jun 2018 #4

Teddy baseball empedocles Jun 2018 #3

Teddy Ballgame oswaldactedalone Jun 2018 #5

Great post. I would disagree with you on best ball player who ever lived, though. kairos12 Jun 2018 #6