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([personal profile] kiya Jul. 5th, 2002 05:36 pm)
For the greatest hitter that ever lived.

Ted Williams, the Kid, The Splendid Splinter.

Last man to bat .400. Two MVPs, two Triple Crowns, six batting championships, 18 All-Star selections.

#9: one of five retired numbers for the Red Sox.

Fisherman, family man, curmudgeon.

Marine, serving in the Korean War and WWII as, I believe, a fighter pilot.

Theodore Samuel Williams, 30 August 1918-5 July 2002.
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