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| Name: | Jason Butler |
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| Location: | Cambridge |
| ZIP: | MA |
| Social Media Account: | jasonbutlr (AIM) |
| Member since: | July 05, 2002 |
| Last visit: | August 01, 2002 |
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Well, Ted was born in 1918. Is this a sign that 2002 will be the year?
posted by jpbutler at 02:25 PM on July 05, 2002
It looks like the Globe is pulling out some of their archives for this: Here is Dan Shaughnessy's column from the day after 1999 All-Star Game.
posted by jpbutler at 01:21 PM on July 05, 2002
This is very sad. I'm listening to WEEI (the sports radio station here in Boston) and they are taking calls from all the old New Englanders who remember seeing Ted play in person. Dick Radatz is practically in tears on the air. I'm about 20 years too young to have seen Ted in action - Carlton Fisk was *my* hero growing up - but the stories I've heard and read about him as a baseball player, a war hero and a man are enough to create this feeling of genuine loss. My all-time best baseball moment was watching the 1999 all-star game at Fenway where Ted was honored. I was in Seattle with a couple of other Boston transplants and we are all sniffling into our beers. Ted will be missed. The tributes will be all out soon - here is Sports Illustrated's cover gallery.
posted by jpbutler at 01:04 PM on July 05, 2002
Ted Williams was baseball's greatest hitter
Tributes to Ted from President Bush, Bobby Doerr and others.