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@scottbaron121 11 ай бұрын

Ted Williams was my dad's HERO. My pops was younger than Williams but LOVED the Red Sox and Ted was his guy. Then Ted went into the Air Force (Army Air Corps) and inspired my dad to do the same. His baseball hero did the same thing my dad did! My pops was a fighter pilot in Vietnam because of Ted Williams. My dad is 85 years old now and still talks about Ted Williams...

@richardchase9811 9 ай бұрын

one of my all time favorite memories is meeting, shaking hands, and having ted williams autograph my baseball glove when i was 10 years old. i still have that glove and will treasure it till i pass on.

@livelife4471 Жыл бұрын

Ted was fun to converse with. Fished with him many times in New Brunswick. He was genuine, honest, and wore his emotions on his sleeve and understood the attraction of fishing for the Atlantic Salmon.

@Hunterbidenscrackrock Жыл бұрын

Lol thats absolutely astounding. Love it.

@TheBatugan77 11 ай бұрын

I like reading about his fishing as much as his hitting.

@i_georgiequest_i4160 3 жыл бұрын

There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter to ever live.

@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын

Definitely

@salvadorreynoso7809 4 ай бұрын

indeed 👍🏼

@ianbrewer4843 2 жыл бұрын

Best pure hitter in baseball ever

@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын

Mickey Mantle also said that

@jgorsk07 3 ай бұрын

Ty Cobb?

@swampmusic9222 6 жыл бұрын

No one, and I do mean no one, could hit with Ted..No steroids, no batting gloves or helmet, leg and elbow guards, his prime interrupted by 2 wars, shunned by the writers (MVP VOTERS), won a batting title at 39!..Hit over .400 and it would have been higher if sac flies didn't hurt his average, the entire defensive strategy now known as the shift was developed to stop him, highest lifetime OBP..there will never be another hitter like WILLIAMS..

@dannysullivan8929 6 жыл бұрын

No Performance Enhancing Drugs, No modern sports supplements, No astroturf, No modern medicine, no high-tech sports machines and equipment, no dugout videos between innings to examine his opponent's weaknesses, no strength trainer, no flexibility trainer, no nutritionist, no dietitian, much bigger ballparks, much duller bats, deader baseballs, pitchers threw inside and at your head ALL THE TIME, PITCHING MOUND SIX INCHES TALLER, a tremendously proud and stubborn refusal to hit the opposite way during the famous Williams Shift etc, etc.........yeah......I'd say it's safe to say he's the best hitter ever. Not to mention the biggest joke in Baseball MVP voting history.........Ted Williams won the Triple Crown TWICE and in NEITHER YEAR did he win the MVP..........HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@dannysullivan8929 6 жыл бұрын

Oh, and I forgot fewer teams. Williams played in the pre-expansion era; In other words less garbage. Ted Williams was the embodiment of the word greatness and that is not hyperbole. Not only is he the best hitter ever, he was an exceptional war-time Pilot and is also in MULTIPLE Fishing Halls of Fame.........the man was mythical in a literal sense.

@plartoota4584 5 жыл бұрын

Danny Sullivan the dude literally walked away twice, in his prime, to go serve our country in two wars, came back, and won another batting crown. The dude is an absolute legend and if he didn’t miss 4 years in his prime I firmly believe he would’ve shattered both maris and Ruth’s home run crowns

@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын

Well said

@koko-pu5vn Жыл бұрын

Agree w everything you say!! The lifetime OBP is just ridiculous, near 50 percent. My dad who grew up a Yankee fan tells me he learned early on to cringe in fear when Williams was coming to the plate. I too, grew up a Yankee fan but I have always been fascinated by the great Teddy Ballgame. I sometimes go to you tube to watch his swing. It is soothing like listening to Mozart or Bach.

@brandoa330 3 ай бұрын

Teddy ballgame from my hometown of San Diego,CA. 👏

@walterrow9658 4 ай бұрын

My dad was stationed with Ted and Johnny Pesky out in Amherst as Naval Pilot trainees. And so my dad was a huge fan. Of course I attended the Ted Williams baseball camp in Lakeville, Mass and had my picture taken with Ted after having won a trophy. On rainy days where we couldn’t play ball outside Ted would gather everyone in the mess hall and talk hitting. John Wayne said he modeled his personality after Ted and I kinda felt in some ways my dad did as well.

@THE-HammerMan 4 ай бұрын

As a Little League player, I had "Ted Williams On The Science Of Hitting" taken right out of a Sports Illustrated issue always in my pocket. THE Bible on hitting; helped me skip minors. I went straight from caps to majors because i could hit like crazy and place the hit almost exactly where i wanted-- even to the opposite field or side.

@billysheppard6091 3 ай бұрын

Semper Fi, Mr Williams....

@BrianBoese-im8jm 5 ай бұрын

Let's go!! Into the fire 🔥

@MapleSyrupPoet 11 ай бұрын

speed of his bat during swing 😳 😊😊

@jacksoncoleman-burke2630 3 ай бұрын

one of the forgotten aspects of his batting was his eyes. he was gifted with 20/10/ he could read thwe spin on the pitch. also it was the reason he was a pilot in the air force.

@granthall93 2 жыл бұрын

Greatest Documentary

@Hunterbidenscrackrock Жыл бұрын

GOAT 🐐

@jeffhemmen9088 4 ай бұрын

He was the best hitter that ever lived. While major league is forced to celebrate Jackie Robinson's marginal career, we should be celebrating Teddy ballgame. This guy fought in not one but two different wars and was a US Marine Legends never die

@janetannerevans2320 2 ай бұрын

we celebrate Jackie Robinson for obvious reasons, jefmental.

@bobcandon3977 4 ай бұрын

He got on base about half the time he came to the plate for his entire career. Got on base 89 straight games one year. Don't even mention Ohtani or Trout. Not in the same league.

@2012photograph 4 жыл бұрын

Ted Williams & Stan the Man plus Matsui viewing these men swing the baseball is Mona Liza.

@randallburnett1536 8 ай бұрын

Maybe the best of all time

@Blt-rr2lm 11 ай бұрын

Probably true. If Ted had the coaching, training, and technology of today, he would be the best now. Some people can flat hit. He would be the best natural hitter so far.

@GeorgeYoung-uh5by 10 ай бұрын

I'm a Yankee fan but Ted Williams was the best hitter ever. Look at his Stats and what they would be if he didn't miss almost 5 years for WW2 and then Korea

@DMalltheway 8 ай бұрын

Exactly, would’ve had over 700-750 career HRs and over 2500 RBIs

@andrewsmith3257 4 ай бұрын

@@DMallthewaywithout a single steroid. He was a baseball magician

@waldolydecker8118 10 ай бұрын

Ted won two AL MVPs (1946, 1949), but the writers refused to give him three others that the record show he clearly won ....1941, 1942, and 1947. 1941 - Sports writers and NY Yankee favoritism. Joe DiMaggio won MVP for his 56 game streak, but Joe only led the AL in one offensive category in 1941 - 125 rbi. Ted Williams had 120 rbi in 1941 and led the AL in NINE offensive categories, among them....runs scored, 135; HR, 37, BB, 147; OBP, .553; SLG, .735; and a whopping BA of .406, nearly 50 points higher than DiMaggio's .357. Even with his 56 game streak, DiMaggio's 193 hits were 25 fewer than Washington Senators Cecil Travis' league-leading 218 in 1941 and less than Travis' .359 BA. Williams' 185 hits only trailed DiMaggio by 8. 1942 - Sports writers and NY Yankee favoritism again. The most egregious MVP rip off from Williams - Yankees 2nd baseman Joe Gordon won MVP with .322 BA; 18HR, and 103 rbi. Gordon led the AL in only two categories - strikeouts, 95 and hitting into double plays, 22. Ted Williams led the AL in TEN offensive categories in 1942, including .356 BA; 36 HR; 137rbi - a TRIPLE CROWN SEASON - and seven others. Williams not being voted the MVP in 1942 was criminal. 1947 - Sports writers and NY Yankee favoritism triumphs again. Joe DiMaggio was given the MVP over Williams for a second time with a .315 BA; 20HR; and 97 rbi. DiMaggio led the AL in NO offensive categories in 1947. Ted Williams by contrast, led the AL in NINE offensive categories, including .343 BA; 32 HR; and 114 rbi - ANOTHER TRIPLE CROWN SEASON!! Like Joe Gordon in 1942, Williams far out-produced DiMaggio across-the-board in 1947, yet the writers, who disliked Williams, would not give him the proper votes he earned as the league MVP. This vote travesty was equally as egregious as 1942. Ted Willams earned 5 AL MVP awards, but was only voted by arrogant sports writers to receive 2. Unfortunate the writers back then were allowed to get away with such prejudices. If writers pulled this stunt today, there would be an uproar and scrutiny would rightfully be applied to find out who was exercising a personal vendetta to penalize Mr. Williams of something he earned.

@dougamundson6836 11 ай бұрын

Ted Williams hit well more than 500 home runs. He gave up 5 years to military service. He has the HIGHEST on base% pf all time. How in the WORLD can you not say he is the greatest hitter of all time. Add into that, Ruth had a short porch in right field. Williams did NOT have that advantage.

@TheBatugan77 11 ай бұрын

Ruth hit more home runs away from Yankee Stadium than at home. His batting average (as well as Gehrig's and DiMag's) was higher too.

@burnindownthehouse 3 жыл бұрын

The two best left handed hitters in the history of baseball in my mind are Ted Williams and Ichiro, and anyone in third place comes FAR behind those two.

@disco4255 3 жыл бұрын

Ty Cobb,Tony Gywnn are better hitters than ichiro even Wade Boggs was better.

@burnindownthehouse 3 жыл бұрын

@@disco4255 Um, those certainly are great hitters and those last two (Gwynn and Boggs) were my baseball heroes when I was growing up, however, remember that if Ichiro didn't play in Japan in the beginning of his career then he would have been MLB's all-time hits leader. He would have had more hits than Pete Rose. That's an amazing stat and the sign of an amazing hitter.

@disco4255 3 жыл бұрын

@@burnindownthehouse I don't know if ichiro could of surpassed Rose because of the injuries. But I what made Rose, Gywnn and some others better is that they know how to take a walk.

@Beloh99 Жыл бұрын

I saw ichiro for his entire career from rookie mvp to the last hit. I'd still pick ty cobb

@dougbrowne9890 Жыл бұрын

Lot of Babe Ruth hate here. Ruth was Williams equal in every avenue. Only thing Ruth did more than Williams was strikeouts, and he never struck out more than 93 times in a season. And remember, Ruth's first four seasons he was not much more than a pitcher in Boston. Ted would play LF for me and Ruth in RF.

@georgesouthwick7000 3 ай бұрын

Very difficult to compare players from different eras. Who knows how Ruth would do today, or how Mike Trout would have done in the 1920’s. However, I don’t believe I ever saw a better hitter than Ted Williams. You have to wonder what his career numbers might have been if he hadn’t lost those prime years to military service.

@TheBatugan77 11 ай бұрын

I laugh when people say old timers couldn't compete today. Imagine Teddy Ballgame with shifts outlawed!

@Pr-bw8yk Жыл бұрын

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@henry-bo3np 3 ай бұрын

Ted Williams was definitely one of the best hitters of his generation, along with Joe DiMaggio and Stan Musial.

@Friarjohn1971 5 жыл бұрын

A product of San Diego and the PCL Padres.

@34Packardphaeton 3 жыл бұрын

Let's get something corrected and straight RIGHT NOW: Ted was less than half Mexican - American! As I understand it, he had one grandmother who was of Basque descent. These are the people from the Pyrenees mountains between Spain and France. They are noted for producing by far the best Jai-Alai players in the world. At most, Ted was only one-quarter Hispanic... and maybe only one-eighth.

@saladoculichi 2 жыл бұрын

His mom was from Mexico city

@34Packardphaeton 2 жыл бұрын

@@saladoculichi .. grandmother... who was of Basque descent, not Mexican.

@saladoculichi 2 жыл бұрын

@@34Packardphaeton then why does he have mex cousins? If that's the case, according to nomar garciaparra he spoke about being him also being Mexican

@anxietyonline1947 Жыл бұрын

You're mad because the best hotter in baseball is Mexican. 😂

@GoatBoat22 Жыл бұрын

@@saladoculichihis mom was from chihuahua not Mexico City goofy

@philliptree1742 11 ай бұрын

THE Master ......................... end of story.

@ConnorUsef-go9hz 9 ай бұрын

Myself vs him on battlefield

@dvitoc 6 жыл бұрын

When will this air?

@patrickmorgan4006 6 жыл бұрын

It aired for the first time last night in the NYC area, so it should be airing in your area (wherever that is) soon. I thought it was good.

@dvitoc 6 жыл бұрын

Patrick Morgan thank you

@billmalec 2 ай бұрын

He probably told the truth. People can't stand to hear that...

@OthelloNGa 6 жыл бұрын

Wanna see this shit!

@jjj1951 3 жыл бұрын

Yet the Cards had his number the world series. They knew Ted was a dead pull hitter who wouldn't hit to the opposite field. So they put three fielders to the right of second base and dared Ted to hit to left. He wouldn't change his batting stance and had a poor series.

@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын

True

@tomtalley2192 11 ай бұрын

Red Sox played a practice game before the world series, and Williams was hit in the elbow with a pitch. He was injured in the Series, but never said anything about it.