And there are still people who say he wasn't up to much cos he won no WS and batted .200 in the one WS he got to. Personally, I'm happy to say [with a photo of Ted hanging on the wall above me as I type] 'there goes the best hitter who ever lived.' Great stats, Allan!
Imagine being a pitcher in late summer of 1949 and facing Williams. In July, August and September, he reached base safely in every game, 84 consecutive games.
Ted Fucking Williams!
ReplyDeleteAnd there are still people who say he wasn't up to much cos he won no WS and batted .200 in the one WS he got to. Personally, I'm happy to say [with a photo of Ted hanging on the wall above me as I type] 'there goes the best hitter who ever lived.' Great stats, Allan!
ReplyDeleteAnd there are still people who say he wasn't up to much
ReplyDeleteBut not people who know baseball.
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Do you think Williams is the best player to never get a WS ring? He's always the one I name, but I've never analyzed the choices.
Do you think Williams is the best player to never get a WS ring?
ReplyDeleteWell, there is Mattingly!
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Here's a Top 10 from last summer:
TSW
Cobb
Griffey Jr.
Yaz
Lajoie
Gwynn
Sisler
Griffey
Killibrew
Banks
Bagwell
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He "forgot" Bonds.
Imagine being a pitcher in late summer of 1949 and facing Williams. In July, August and September, he reached base safely in every game, 84 consecutive games.
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