Williams, Ted (1918—)
Ted Williams, "The Splendid Splinter," was one of the best hitters of all time and is the last baseball player to hit over.400. His scientific view of hittin...
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Ted Williams (born 1918) was one of baseball's most fearsome hitters. Despite five seasons lost to military service in World War II and the Korean War, the "Splendid Splinter" of the Boston Red Sox hi...
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Ted Williams knew he had great natural ability. His eyes were so good that he could see the baseball flatten out as it hit his bat.But for Williams, natural ability wasn't enough."Hundreds of kids ...
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Some important dates in the history of Boston's Big Dig highway project:1982 — Original estimate for the project pegged at $2.6 billion.1987 — Congress approves initial federal funding....
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John McCain and Bill Richardson got their most prized keepsakes 40 years apart, from the same hand.Richardson got his Ted Williams' autographed baseball as a boy during an outing to Fenway Park wit...
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A decade ago, John McCain sat in Ted Williams' kitchen and listened raptly as the legendary slugger told a story that made him even more of a hero in the senator's eyes.It was not about glory on th...
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"The world has lost one of our greatest journalists. Our heartfelt sympathy goes to David's family." _ Arthur Sulzberger Jr., chairman, The New York Times Co.; publisher, The New York Times___"Davi...
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Tony Gwynn stood in the plaque gallery at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, sunlight streaming through the skylights. "The coolest thing of all to me is the fact that 50, 100 years fro...
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The 2005-6 art season has begun—but only barely. The notable museum shows—Fra Angelico at the Met, Memling’s Portraits at the Frick and Oscar Bluemner at the Whitney—wonR...
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The 2005-6 art season has begun—but only barely. The notable museum shows—Fra Angelico at the Met, Memling’s Portraits at the Frick and Oscar Bluemner at the Whitney—wonR...
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The Boston Red Sox were pegged at 100-to-1 odds to capture the American League pennant in 1967.In short, they were long shots.Nothing surprising there. The Sox were coming off eight straight losing...
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The latest odd statue by artist Daniel Edwards features a naked, provocatively posed, and seemingly dead, Paris Hilton undergoing an autopsy.For a show warning teens about underage drinking, the sp...
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Williams, Ted (1918—)
Ted Williams
Ted Williams, A Hero On The Field And In The Air
