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To: isopatch who wrote (15232)	7/5/2002 3:49:26 PM
From: SliderOnTheBlack	Respond to of 36161

OT/Ted Williams Well said Iso... I missed "Teddy F'n Ballgame" as he was also lovingly known as...by a generation. I grew up up during the tail end of Mantle & May's careers late 60's to early 70's as a kid...but, Ted Williams was Baseball's Greatest pure Hitter - on an undisputed basis amongst baseball insiders. I really wished I had a chance to have seen Williams, Dimaggio, Musial etc...that truly was Baseballs Golden Era...and given free-agency; players will never become Icons and be identified with a City the way they once were... Williams was Boston, Dimaggio was NY and Musial was St. Louis... those days are sadly gone... as players are here today, gone tomorrow at nearly each contract expiration. Williams was never one to mince words.... would often flip off the boo-birds and never kissed anyone's ass in the press, or in the front office....and he wasn't exactly Mr. Humility when asked about his abilities... but, as Yogi always said: - if you can do it... it aint braggin' Tony Gwynn, Wade Boggs and George Brett all flirted with .400 while I was a kid growing up ...but, these guys didn't have Williams power and the expansion era of Baseball has diluted the game to where I think the title of Baseball's Greatest Hitter goes to the grave as well...