Ted Williams. GREAT hitter... ACE pilot & American hero... Wow.

Man, Ted and Joe D. in the same room? Unreal.

What a great interview. My dad took me to a baseball card convention when I was a kid and I got to meet Joe and get a ball signed by him. I was about 11 years old. Still have the ball and that great memory.

I heard a story that Joe DiMaggio used run full sprint on every play and even when running onto the field and off during every spring training game! Another player asked him “why are you playing like it’s the World Series on every play???” Joe said “it’s for the fans in the stands that won’t ever have another chance to see me play and I wanna make sure I give them my very best at all times. Joe respected the fans and I respect him for that!

I saw Joe Dimaggio at a baseball card show in Galesburg, Illinois in 1987. He was in better shape than people half his age and one of the most dignified looking gentlemen I've ever seen. Pure class.

Two great Americans sitting together discussing their craft. This is a treasure!

56 games, unbelievable, Neither record will ever be broken

Accolades to both of those Icons for their greatness in the game of baseball. I’m especially impressed with Ted Williams serving as a fighter pilot and flight instructor in two wars and missing 5 years of his prime. Ted was the creme de la creme of American heroes

So nice to see the respect they have for each other. Joe and Ted would put up the best numbers playing inside today's parks. Nobody playing to day is better than those two at hitting the ball.

"I've seen guys sit out to protect .300, that's cheesy." - Teddy Ballgame #Savage

Its nice that these guys could just compliment each other ...These guys had real class

When baseball was king. It was a glorious time.

Fun fact: Ted Williams had one season when he hit .406, and two other seasons when he won the triple crown. He did not win the MVP any of those years.

You've gotta love Teddy. Guy speaks his mind.

Joe D, struck out 13 times, in 1941. That's amazing.

"I've always thought that the pitchers were the dumbest part of a ball club." -Ted Williams

Ted and Joe were incredibly kind to each other. Fierce rivals on the field. Respect(2).

Two of the greatest hitters in MLB history.

Both were originally from California, Joe Di Maggio from San Francisco and Williams from San Diego. And they both started playing organized baseball in the old PCL or Pacific Coast League. ...just imagine if the Giants were already in SF & the Padres were in existent when these two were young men... You can bet they would have been signed and playing for their local clubs instead of for the Yankees and Red Sox back east. Lots of early talent in MLB originated from the PCL and California.

wow what a treat to talk baseball with these two.

That might be the most Joe D has ever said at one period of time. Two Mount Rushmore of Baseball Guys!

What gentlemen! Each constantly referring to and praising the other, each deserving of maximum praise.

The day after Joe's 56-game streak ended, he began another streak of 16 consecutive games, so he hit safely in 72 of 73 games.

It’s disgusting how underrated Ted Williams was until advanced stats came along. Now there is no question he is a top 3 all time player

Two of the best and crankiest ballplayers of all time.

What I love about watching these old time interviews is the players great memories. What pitcher pitched that day. What type of pitch. What the balls and strike count was. Who was on base. Just incredible and entertaining. I love baseball ⚾️

Two guys that are royalty.

2 of the GOATS

Imagine the stories these three men are sharing upstairs right now. 😊☺️

Wow… the best of the best. Incredible

Great players unreal how good they was

Williams goes 6 for 8 the last day in a season ending double header to finish at .406. Not bad! The Yankees tried to convince Ted to join them in 1961 but he stayed retired. With that short porch in NY he would have been something even at age 42-43.

What I wouldn't do to time travel into that room and just sit in the background and listen. Two of the best ever in the same room. Amazing

In 24 hours you be gone for 20 years. From Cuba 🇨🇺 we love and miss you. Jolting Joe....

So much respect for one another, two of the greatest. Doesn't get much better than these two

What a fantastic interview. So many quotes from this as well.

Two of the absolute greatest!

Wow, thanks for sharing. What a treat to listen to these two legends talk baseball.

The issues DiMaggio had with the old stadium are the following.Number one is, dead center field back then was461'and monuments were located in center field then, The most important problem for him then, was left center field, where the footage was 457', being a left center field hitting,he lost many of home runs in that park.I still remember being there as a.kid when he hit three long drives, each one caught against the 457 sign.If he ever played in today's parks in the major leagues ,who knows how many home runs he would have hit.Also remember he lost three prime years to the military., He will always be considered one of the best all around players to ever play the game.As for Williams, he is the greatest left hand batter's to play.But he sure as hell could not do all the things JD on the field.This coming from some one, that seen both of them play many times.

There goes the greatest hitter of all time.

What a year 1941 was ,Joe's streak and Ted hitting .406, here we are in 2017 and neither's been touched !

I remember watching this interview as a kid in 1991. I had just turned 12, loved the Mets, had heard of Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, but didn't know much about them. Ted hit .406 and Joe hit in 56 straight games. Cool... But start the All-Star game already, these are just some old baseball guys. If only I knew then what I'd come to learn later.

I wish these things weren't always done so quickly. I'd have loved to have heard Joe D detail his issues with Yankee Stadium.

Thanks for the post

2 of the greatest of all time ...no doubt about it 🎰⚾️⚾️⚾️

2 class acts

That 56 game hitting streak might be the most untouchable record in sports. 100 years from now it'll still stand.

Thanks for that download two of the greatest, and Ted a great favorite of mine as 406 hitting average for the season and JD 56 straight hits is something else!!!!

It's still mind-boggling DiMaggio hit 46 home runs playing half his games in Yankee Stadium 460 feet in left center! Williams hit .388 at age 38. Crazy. Even at 41 hit hit .316. I'm not sure he was a better hitter than Ruth, or Joe D was a better all-around player than Mays, but one could certainly make an argument for it, in both cases.

I have never seen this clip. Another awesome tribute to my namesake

it seems mythological but at some point they were just kids who loved the game.. its fun to see the respect for each other

Ted Williams did not hold back

Two of the top 10 ten players of all time! Amazing conversation

Two greats

great interview , wish it were longer

Dimaggio in almost 7000 at bats only struck out 368 times. amazing bat control. also no player has been more hurt in HR than Joe. old yankee stadium for right handers was impossible- 450 feet in left center field. 2/3 of Joes HR were in opposing parks. between ww2 and that he would have had well over 500. Joe doesn’t get enough credit for the greatest of all time these days but everyone when he was alive thought it was him.

Joe D and Ted would be on my all time team! I remember when Ted Williams came to my hometown and was the rep for Sears. He was using profanity and they told him to leave. LMAO

Where is the rest of this interview? Surely someone didn't get these 3 in the same room and then only let them talk for 5 minutes?

A Yankee and a Red Sox showing each other great respect.

une de mes idole ❤

Joe's 56 shows consistency BUT Ted outhit him by .004 during that stretch. Ted hit .406 and didn't win the MVP. TWICE, Ted won the triple crown and didn't win the MVP. (All three times he lost to a NY Yankee.)

Two class guys!

Two class acts.....

2 legends

Williams, a decorated USMC combat in both WWII and Korea, how many HRs would he have hit if he hadn’t lost those 4+ years.

I wish I was a kid when these gents played baseball. It was a different game

Man! Ted Williams was such a class act. He forever kept up graciously saying Joe DiMaggio was the greatest living ballplayer, and Joe was elite, but there were guys like Mays, Aaron, Mantle, and Ted himself who were better than DiMaggio. He never condescended Joe's self-aggrandizing. I respect that.

BEAUTIFUL

Two of the very greats.

I've got my hands over my mouth and ears wide open. Unbelievable

There were apparently some secret talks between the Yankees and Red Sox about a DiMaggio for Williams trade in the late 40's. Can you imagine where the Yankees would have been with Williams playing alongside Mantle in Yankee Stadium for a decade or more? It would have served Boston right for all the crap their press dished out to Williams over the years, calling him, for example, "the doormat that others step on on the way to the Hall of Fame," and "not patriotic" because he dared to complain about being drafted for a second period of service in the Air Force flying prop fighters against jets in Korea? Forget 54 and 55, and probably even 57 and 59. The Yanks would have swept the fifties.

On their own, wow. All three together at one time? Unreal and they do not make them like that anymore.....

What Joe says starting at 3:20 is everything. These guys today need to think of the fans first, but most of them don't get it. Without the fans, there is no MLB.

Babe, Cobb, Aaron, Williams, Dimaggio, so many greats to choose from #Baseball

Two points to remember. Willie Mays was better all-around than DiMaggio as Ted hinted at. Also, Joe's hitting streak was great, but the man never walked. Ted could never had a long hitting streak because he walked once or twice every game. DiMaggio only walked a bit over 300 times in his entire career.

Joe always had Marilyn Monroe on his mind...he was madly in love and it consumed his life...every interview I see of him he seems to be in a deep train of thought and it’s really sad

Ruth, Mays, T. Williams, DiMaggio, Mantle, Aaron, Gehrig are the greatest of all time. These last 25 years has produced some great ball players - Bonds, A Rod, Griffey Jr. Jr was the only one who did it w/out roads. But the one and only who brings back memories of the old timers all timers is the kid in Anaheim Mike Trout. Tell me otherwise No way

amazing

Funny how Williams opens by talking about Joe being best right handed hitter. when they used to as DiMaggio about Williams he would say “best left handed hitter in baseball” - he wouldn’t say best hitter over himself. their rivalry was eternal.

56 game hitting streak vs .400 incredible

When Ted talks it's like all the lights and the surround sound go off at the same time

That was aired before 1991 All star game....I remember watching that

Heck, today if a player reaches 20 games they start talking about the 56 game hitting record. Rose’s run at it was the closest I remember in my life.

Williams had a more impressive streak of getting on base over 80 games in row. Getting on base for every game for more than half a season and batting over .400 is more impressive than a 56 game hitting streak

Great players of baseball excel in the fundamentals. The only other thing that can improve that, is great running speed, which few players have.

“ I’ve always thought that the pictures were the dumbest part of a ball club.” Ted Williams.

What I would give to have been a fly in the wall during that interview. Amazing.

My dad ran into Joe D and till this day i have his AUTOGRAPH

Gold

Ted williams love that guy

This is so cool RIP to all three Was this during the World Series the interview?

Wow. Praise.

WOW

It's to bad Joe DiMaggio passed away March of 1999. It would have been cool if he could have participated in the All Century celebration at the All-star game that year.

he was once ask who was the greatest baseball player? his answer was theres only one babe ruth

DiMaggio's brother Dom was Williams roommate with the Red Sox. Those three were like brothers.

The Greatest. I would Love their stories.

Remarkable

It's Ted.Make.a Move.!!! .

og's of the og's