Ted Williams (part three of three)
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- 1993 Later with Bob Costas...talks about tipping his cap...
I wish somebody would have told me not to have dubbed and redubbed all of my vhs tapes in case I would be sharing them with a zillion people...
45 minutes of interview and he never had bad thing to say about another player. Class.
He always says good things about his peers and men who played before and after him.
Two Triple Crowns is just flat out amazing...there have been 12 Triple Crown winners in baseball history, and Williams has 2 of them.
I talked to Mrs. Bob Feller during the Indians Spring Training in Goodyear, Arizona. She told me the following story: one time her husband wanted to have his picture taken with Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams. It was at an All Star game. She took the camera and nervously tried to focus prior to snapping the picture. Williams piped up saying, "you'd probably get a better picture if you took the damn lens cap off!" She said, "I was so embarrased as all three of them were laughing."
I was at Jack Murphy Stadium in SD when Ted and Jerry Coleman were made full Colonels in the USMC inactive reserve. Ted wore a red USMC ballcap. This guy was a genuine hero, folks.
I met Ted Williams around the early 90s on the Rogue river along with Bobby Dorr on one of my trips helping my boss entertain a group of a dozen anglers fishing in drift boats. I think Ted was in his mid 70s. Even at that age he still showed the "Meat Eater" in him that made him a Hall of Famer.
Here's a good point about Ted Williams I don't read about. He hit 29 home runs in his last season with a .316 avg and 72 RBI's, on top of his career-long mind-bending slugging and on base percentages. Those are awesome numbers for a guy who was on his last legs. Ted is a true great.
“Ted Williams hit a home run in his last bat of his career. He circled the bases as he always did, hurriedly, unsmiling and with his head down as if the praise from the crowd were a storm of rain drops to get out of. And again, he didn’t tip his cap”…..John Updike
There's a list of ballplayers that follows:
Joe DiMaggio
Ted Williams
Bob Feller
Luke Appling
Stan Musial
Jackie Robinson
Frank Robinson
Yogi Berra
Willie Mays
Mickey Mantle
Sandy Koufax
Hank Aaron
Frank Thomas
George Brett
And several others.
There is one thing that's great about all of them:
I got to see all of them play.
I've been that fortunate.
And, I'm still watching.
DisGuy: Good for you. I've seen almost all of those; didn't se DiMaggio, Feller, Appling, or Jackie Robinson, but got see all the rest. My personal favorite has always been Frank Robinson; the only slugger that every middle infielder was scared to see standing on first base. Ted Williams is right there with Robby with me, but only saw him hit once; in the 1960 All-Star Game on TV.
I used to go to Shea Stadium to see all the visiting stars... Clemente, Aaron, Mays and McCovey... Gibson and the great Cardinals teams.
Great list.
i would say its1992 . The show ran from 88-94 & Bob was very young looking here so i am going to say 93-.. great interview & i honestly think this show was a masterpiece . I never missed an episode...ran at 130 am to 2 am.. then i would watch Sportscenter for an hour...lol now i am in bed by 1030 !! But great memories of this show (so many great interviews) wish i could get all 4 yrs on dvd(someday ) rb
As a kid, these are the types of guys that I grew up with. Talks plain, and direct just like my dad. Also, the jackets, the collared shirt etc.. a pride and a class to them. I can't imagine what kids today are gonna be like getting raised by guys with sleeved tattoos and talk on with words "like, totally, literally" every two seconds... and smoking weed with sagging jeans.
... some of us use marijuana for chronic pain management 🙋🏼♂️ GenX, present. My gen really got into tattoos used to be long hair too I did neither. Flannel, cargo shorts, and chuck Taylors were all cheap where I grew up formal dress was NEVER my think in fact I just donated all my suits and long sleeve button down shirts to the Buckeye AZ Goodwill I work from home now. That formal wear too hot down here 😎👍🏻🌵🩳🩴 I have a full line of Greg Normal athletic khakis on occasion they look business casual not too stuffy I like not having 2 wardrobes any more all casual all the time 🤷🏼♂️
Thank you very very much for posting this clip.....Honestly i teared up seeing this interview. am only 31 and i wish i had a chance to the this legend play. The mind of this man was termendous, the passion for the game was for sure um matched. I wish players these days had the same love as he did. My dad loves him, Mr.#9 he calls him. No player like him will ever play this sport again. thank you again for the post.
Ted says he didn’t deserve MVP the year DiMaggio had his hitting streak, but he hit .406 (last time anyone hit .400) and he also led the league in home runs. What more would he have to do? Does it matter that much, that DiMaggio avoided oh-fers for 56 games in a row?
Plus, he was a Yankee...
Thanks for posting. Costas knows how to interview.
He lets Ted talk. Always a fascinating thing to see.
Thank you. I'm an old Reds fan from the 50s and 60s having lived not far from Cincinnati. My guy was Ted Kluszewski, but, Wally Post was right up there for me as well. If you want see a great picture of him, check out the 1957 Topps baseball cards. I get shivers when I see those pics.
Wow. Ted's card speaks volumes... Pete Rose has some great Ted stories.
Couldn't help but notice your screen name. Wally Post was one of my favorites with the Reds back in the 50's and early 60's. Great power hitter. Nice to see someone honor him taking his name!
THANKS MC FOR YOUR WONDERFUL UPLOAD. FIRST AIRED ON 6/14/93 & 6/15/93. FOUND THIS OUT ON A WEB SITE ABOUT "LATER WITH BOB COSTAS". IF YOU FIND IT, IT'S AMAZING THAT HE INTERVIEWED SO MANY FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM 1988 TO 1994. MANY UNFORTUNATELY ARE NOW DEAD.
Thank you so much for putting these three clips up here. Ted has been my favorite since I was a kid 50+ years ago. What year was this interview done? It looks like early 90's; he'd have been in his early 70's, but the energy, enthusiasm, and zest here makes him look like he's 50. A great American and arguably the greatest hitter ever!
I once fished with a Costa Rica guide who had guided Ted . He said Ted was the most arrogant client he ever had. Nevertheless I would love to have fished for tarpon with Ted in the Caribbean.I still have a Ted Williams 7’ spinning rod I bought in 1972. Caught hundreds of fish with it.
By all accounts he could be mean and arrogant. But in this interview he seems to be acknowledging he made mistakes. I think that says a lot about the man.
@@AmericasChoice Ted mellowed a lot as he grew older. As a boy in the 50 s I was a Yankee fan but I had great admiration for his amazing hitting ability. I saw him hit a home run in Yankee Stadium !
@@jimtruscott5670 Cool.
Yep, I was a big Frank Robinson fan as well. I, too, could not understand that trade to Baltimore! However, Vada Pinson was "my guy." Man oh man ... those guys you mentioned brings back memories. I remember when as Little Leaguers we would go down to Crosley Field and get to walk around on the field ... 100s of Little Leaguers in uniform out on the field! It was Hamilton Night (as I am from Hamilton) in honor of Joe Nuxhall.
If Crosley Field could have talked...man, the stories.
That was terrific. Thanks for posting it.
While everyone loves the Babe, Walter Johnson’s fastball was around 86, while Fellers was high nineties. But the dead ball era made Ruth’s hitting spectacular. Would be interested in Williams veiw on this.
Greatest hitter, period. You can see the drive still, he has to work hard not to complain about the tilted field against him. Might not be the most pleasant player ever, but whether you liked him or not, you HAVE TO acknowledge he was the best hitter.
I'll have to check that out. I have a 1957 Frank Robinson card; he was my favorite. It was a very sad day for me when they traded him to the Orioles in 1965. As for Wally, I remember Camera Day in 1961; back when they'd let the kids on the field to take pictures of the players. I have a picture of Wally and Jerry Lynch taken with my old Brownie Hawkeye from that day, along with Robinson & Pinson, Kasko and Gene Freese, Gus Bell, Bob Purkey, and many others. A great day for a 10 year old.
Great story.
Look at that enthusiasm after hitting the homerun in the all star game. When was the last time you saw that from a big leaguer? Very few athletes in history can match his charisma.
Seymour Butts Was he religious here
He didn''t get the MVP because he was a chicano. His mother was born in El Paso, Tx.
which, he tried to hide, sadly.
@@brainsareus he tried to hide it early on when he was younger. As he matured a little, he really embraced it from accounts I have heard. Different times then, and a kid in the middle of it. Think about what he was surrounded by in all directions.....as a kid. Doesn't make it right that he didn't "embrace" it as a youngster, but deffinitely forgiveable once knowledge about what is right is obtained.
His heritage cost him the award? Rubbish. He didn't get the MVP because he feuded with some of the writers, and if you weren't nice to them - some, not all - you weren't going to get their votes. Black MLB players won MVP awards in 1949, 1951, 1953, and 1954, as examples.
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The one whose lifetime stats was really cheated out of was Feller. Just ponder how many games he would have won, probably up there with Grover Cleavland Alexander. Even with the lost years Williams would never have approached Ruth's home run totals.
Also with the game on the line, I might have preferred Hornsby at the plate.
But what is missed is how great Williams was as a human being. Complex guy, he liked you he would do anything for you. A greater hero off the field than on.
Ted Williams was John Wayne in a baseball uniform.
No one quite like " Teddy Ballgame " could be irascible but he gave more with his bat than anyone with that focus obs. If he had speed he would've beat out more more hits. 20 10 vision . Dried his bats in an industrial dryer to get the moisture out. Meticulous preparation . No one knew his strike zone better.
A real life John Wayne..
Your Dad was a wise man ! R.I.P. Teddy Ballgame... the GREATEST Hitter of All Time !
Feller lost years like any ballplayer during WW II did. Greenberg, DiMaggio, Williams all would have put up greater numbers. Given Williams HR capability, he lost 4 1/2 years (which amounts to 5 years in terms of his peak playing years and the year he returned to get back into shape) give him 40 to 45 HRs in those years. That would put him past Ruth. Some people can prefer others to Williams with the game on the line doesn't diminish Teddy Ballgame's monumental ability to hit in any game!
Does anyone have the two hour interview he did with Costas on Coast to Coast
I think it was Korea, where he crash landed.. a little trivia ... who was his wing man?
john glenn
Great great player he was!!
Thanks!
@buckfan1969 I'm glad you enjoyed the clips!!! I guess it goes without saying Ted was one of my favs too!!! I couldn't get an exact date of the show but Costas stopped Later in 1994.. I have one vid of Ted from a Nightline show with Tommy Lasorda..
I am glad Ted did not live to see what America has decayed into in the 21st century.
I always thought Ted Williams didn't tip his cap because when Carroll Hardy ran out to replace him in left field, the crowd booed him all the way out, and cheered him all the way in. And being the teammate he was, I figured he just didn't appreciate that.
If he played today he would be the highest paid.
A tip of the hat to you, TED
I think Ted went like 84 games straight getting on base. That's ridiculous.
The utter turpitude of journalists is underscored by the shameful way they treated Ted Williams.
Ted has a trace of John Wayne in his speech.
I walked by Ted's boyhood home in North Park San Diego. I think his locker at Fenway Park was bigger.
4121 Utah Street if memory serves.
close your eyes TED sounds like JOHN WAYNE
"Sure like to see him.."? What at the end there?
8:15 "Games are too long anyway." Well, they've managed to take care of that, haven't they. Wonder what Ted would think of the state of the game in 2023?
I can't find anything on Ted Williams without seeing one thing about the homeless guy!
I have always liked Ted Williams as a fan but he always seemed to be a little stuck up.
Please understand all. I have the most respect for Ted Willaims, The man was a pilot in both WW2 and Korea and I will always look at him as one of the Baseball Greats.
I don’t think you mean it