"The Splendid Splinter" Ted Williams

[aknowneemus]

thumbs up if you don't give two shits about that golden voiced crackhead with the same name.

[JackGeezy85]

Pure MLB Hitter. i wish i was ted williams

[sean1672able111]

Ted Williams will be the Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived. I wish he would have won the some World Series Championships. 1946 World Series, Red Sox were close. He is my favorite baseball player, and I am only 24 years old, so he was way before my time, but I've read books. I still remember the 1999 All Star Game, when he came on the golf cart at Fenway Park. Threw out the first ceremonial first pitch. He is also a war hero, serving in World War II and the Korean War. Great man!

[sean1672able111]

Ted Williams was the Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived. I never was alive when he played, but I've done lots of research on him. I wish back in 2004, he was alive to see that World Series, but he was looking down, and was proud. Great hitter, and it was sad, he never won a World Series. I always felt the Red Sox had great teams in 1940s and 1950s, with Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, Bobby Doerr, and Dominic DiMaggio. One book, I read last year was called The Teammates by David Halberstam.

[HBKanedge818]

Thumbs up if you were looking for the Golden Voiced man.

[AllRiseForJudgeIto]

the season after Ted returned from Korea a brawl sent all the players on the field. Ted decided the best way to help calm the situation was to hold one of the opposing players in place. That player later told people he could not move even an inch because the grip strength was so tremendous.

[drtranismyman]

@yxrcbszg Thumbs down because I hate you.

[dmxezz]

The homeless man ?

[DikkeAmerikaan]

Damn, Ted sure got a lot of talent.

[elFlakation]

@yxrcbszg How about thumbs down if everybody thinks you're a lifeless dickhead

[WonderWomanFan4life]

wow this particular Ted Williams sure was handsome baseball player. i guess they want us who didnt know abouut his greatness.. This is informative. Wow what a swing like art...wow this was when sports was from the heart. Fo sho. Hey speaking of from heart TED the homeless guy i wonder if he will be on southpark or Family Guy? This other homeless dude can sing too watch?v=G1cb5HVHgP8

[eve2656]

this vid is of Ted Williams reuniting with his mom! /watch?v=agMKtGHz21o

[kindersurprise8]

That homeless man was a baseball player????

[MrLolill]

ted williams the homeless is white

[durandurango1]

That hit a the very end of the video sounds like a bullet leaving the barrel. Maybe it was?

[phillipsendler]

1975: World Series Game 6. Carlton Fisk. I become a Red Sox fan.

2000: I pick up a calendar for the milestones from the year 1960. I check the following entry: June 17 1960. Ted Williams hits home run # 500. I exit my mother's womb.

It took 40 years but Red Sox Nation has come full circle.

[stevekon11]

I'm sure a movie will be made of Ted Williams some day,I cant think of a single aspect of his life that was'nt facinating.

[stevekon11]

Amazing that people would try to knock downthe greatest hitter ever.You forgot to mention a few important items in your obvios bious.Williams missed key seasons seving his country,I personally believe he would have batted 400 plus a second time.Mostly however for anyone to say that a guy hits over 400 in the era of the slider is over rated WHILE AVERAGING 35 HOME RUNS boggles the mind.Finally Williams wrote one of the best books on hitting ever written.The well known "the science of hitting".

[Madisonrvr]

@stevekon11 Right on Steve- statistically, Williams missed the equivalent of four full seasons (all in his prime) due to military service- and he was hitting 40 homers a seasons when he went off to WWII- and you read those books of his and is he bitter about it? Not one bit. Like Bob Costas said, this guy is the real John Wayne.

[diptwares]

I was fortunate enough to have a Grandmother who took me to Fenway in the 50's and I was able to watch him play. Like many of our hero's, he had his flaws off the field. That doesn't detract from the fact that he was the greatest hitter that ever lived. Just look at that swing!!

[MJVESSIO]

Teddycakes never got a single important hit in his entire career. If I'm wrong than someone name one. And is spitting at fans ok?

[EvaVessio]

@MJVESSIO What's "than"? Do you mean "then"?

I've never seen a Ted Williams spit travel 100 feet into the stands. Is spitting at the ground ok? I'm pretty sure that includes Mantle and Joe Dimaggio. Is cheating on your wife like Mantle did religiously ok? Is ignoring your 4 kids while you go out getting plastered for decades on end ok?

Is someone on here a hypocrite?

ROTFL, "greatest hitter ever", "war hero", "Sport Fishing Hall Of Fame". No, not one of those describes Mantle.

[EvaVessio]

@MJVESSIO Oh, wait, is it "all about the rings"? So it's ok to be a drunk bad father like Mantle was infamously if you have "rings"? So Angel Berroa is a better player than Ted Williams was because Berroa has a "ring"? Did you know Williams' assists, errors, and fielding percentage are virtually identical to Joe Dimaggio's?

LMFAO, how's that Ted Williams penis envy working out for ya? "Than" tell me about it.......

[Scoclamor]

This is poet Donald Hall commenting on Williams. This is from When It Was A Game.

[cuthbertallbad]

I'd have liked to see him hit.

[kirbycol4]

2004 AL Championship; the greatest CHOKE JOB in Sports History; way to go "Bronx Bummers"...

[kirbycol4]

I love the commentary;" Rehearsing in my mind the SWING of Ted Williams.... It was a WONDERFUL thing to see, I can see it in my head as often as I like..

Goosebumps..

[kirbycol4]

The Greatest Hitter in MLB History! I will argue that fact with any Baseball Fan ANY Time!

[Heidibear76]

Yes...Greatest Hitter and probably the "Manliest Man Ever". But...never won a WS so ... who cares! Woooooooo!!! GO YANKEES! Woooooooooo!!!

[mmmhmm11]

@Heidibear76 He only got one chance....

[stevevandien]

Check out 1:13. Ted's stride in his maturity was remarkably short, considering his power --

[broadcastappliance]

The Williams Story is an incredible one because of the insecurities that drove him so completely to excellence, and it is more important a story this day even then it was in the final at bat when he refused to tip his cap after homering in his final at bat.

[unclebobunclebob]

Babe Ruth was in his class, to say the least. As was Gehrig. But Teddy Ballgame was my favorite ever since I saw him pinch hit in his last appearance at Comiskey Park. I was just a kid and asked my dad why everyone was standing up to cheer for a player from the other team. My dad said..."just remember you saw this guy play."

What did he do? Liner up the middle, base hit. Pinch runner and another standing ovation from White Sox fans.

[SportyBoy454]

The greatest

[xmuscularghandix]

RIP Ted Williams

may your son rot in hell.

[tedwilliamsbloopers]

The One & Only...

[mmasulli]

and if i were to describe his swing in 20 words or les..it would be perfection that was un-machable

i was a yanks fan, then turned cubs. and ted has always been one of my favorite players of all time. number one in my book. but just they way he hit it is remarkable

[mmasulli]

this is from when it was a game 2

[Petethesnowdog]

Thank you for that moving tribute to Teddy Ballgame!! My father is a Bostonian and saw him swing a baseball bat at Fenway Park and has said that if he had a time machine, would go back to that era just to see him swing that bat. He said that it was perfect !!!! Again, Thank You !!

[stevevandien]

Oh man, just look at Ted's swing at 1:30-5-- awesome, for heaven's sake. Speed and power balanced by control. Lord, how this man could HIT ---RIP, TSW---

[psrrobbins]

Great video about a true off the diamond hero who also happened to be the greatest lefthanded hitter who ever lived

[renandstim]

Greatest hitter who ever lived.

[psrrobbins]

As I concede that I cannot think of a hitter, either left handed or righthanded, that was in his class, Most likely you are correct.

[keenanmartens]

@renandstim

Greatest man who ever lived

[skylerruin]

@renandstim who is the greatest hitter to never live ?

[2ndarnold]

1:24-perfection

[buckfan1969]

When I was 9 years old Ted Williams hit a home run in his last at bat ever. I read a biography of him from the library and he's been my baseball hero ever since. What a man! As someone said, he was the guy John Wayne tried to play in the movies.

[yankees46]

Im a Yanks fan and this video gave me chills

I love anything about baseball and Ted was one of the greatest

When I was up in Boston for a Yanks-Sox game I bought myself a Teddy ballgame t shirt, I don't care that he was a Red Sox

[mmmhmm11]

Im so pleased that someone else finally responded to this video. It IS just incredible...If you could describe his swing in 25 words or less how would you describe it?

[sigu655]

Awesome!

[mmmhmm11]

Come on... we have got to have more comments for this video, i mean 5 comments! We can comment on everything else...this video has so much knowledge that we can learn from. Well, I guess i just have to bring it to life. mmmhmm...

[redtailari]

now this is unreal, music, atmosphere...this clip give's me the chills!

[rockerduff1231]

whats this from?

[donneric]

Ken Burns'baseball I belive

[scribe114]

"When It Was a Game" Volume I It was produced by HBO.

[jconwayredsoxfan]

Just awesome.