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IS THE KID STILL FROZEN????
The Kid
Ted Williams, rookie outfielder of the Boston Red Sox, was called up from San Diego. His cocky manner and disinterest in playing the outfield in spring training of 1938 led to Williams being ragged by veteran Bosox outfielders. Farmed out to the minors, the frustrated youngster blurted, "Tell them I'm going to make more money in this game than all three of them put together" - an accurate prediction.
Ted Williams the way his fans remember him: at Fenway Park in Boston on June 15, 1939. (AP)
1941 All-Star Game
Ted Williams is greeted at home plate by teammate Joe DiMaggio (5) and coach Marv Shea after hitting a dramatic ninth-inning home run to give the American League a 7-5 victory over the National League in the All-Star Game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. In 1941 Williams had one of the greatest individual seasons for any ballplayer in history. At age 23, he hit .406, the last ballplayer to reach that magic figure.
Number 9 Retired
1984 Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams carries a plaque with his No. 9 on it during a ceremony to retire his number at Fenway Park in Boston.
Enshrined in Cooperstown
Casey Stengel, right, has a few words for his audience as he and Ted Williams pose with their plaques that will hang in Baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Williams was easily elected to the Hall of Fame in 1966, his first year of eligibility.
John Henry Williams (left) with his dad, Ted Williams, at a 1995 ceremony marking the opening of a Boston tunnel named after the legendary Red Sox player (AP)
"Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer." - Ted Williams
"A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.'"
"He could hit better with a broken arm than we could with two good arms." - Jerry Coleman
"If he'd just tip he cap once, he could be elected Mayor of Boston in five minutes." - Eddie Collins
"I got a big charge out of seeing Ted Williams hit. Once in a while they let me try to field some of them, which sort of dimmed my enthusiasm." - Rocky Bridges
"I'm very pleased and very proud of my accomplishments, but I'm most proud of that (hitting four-hundred home runs and three-thousand hits). Not (Ted) Williams, not (Lou) Gehrig, not (Joe) DiMaggio did that. They were Cadillacs and I'm a Chevrolet." - Carl Yastrzemski
All-Century Team
Ted Williams, center, is applauded by Hank Aaron, left, and Willie Mays as he is introduced as a member of the Major League Baseball All-Century Team prior to Game Two of the World Series in Atlanta
Williams Frozen In Two Pieces
Meant To Be Frozen In Time; Head Decapitated, Cracked, DNA Missing
NEW YORK, August 12, 2003
(AP) Ted Williams was decapitated by surgeons at the cryonics company where his body is suspended in liquid nitrogen, and several samples of his DNA are missing, Sports Illustrated reported.
The magazine's report, appearing in the issue that hits newsstands Wednesday, is based on internal documents, e-mails, photographs and tape recordings supplied by a former employee of Alcor Life Extension Foundation.
After Williams died July 5, 2002, his body was taken by private jet to the company in Scottsdale, Ariz. There, Williams' body was separated from his head in a procedure called neuroseparation, according to the magazine.
The operation was completed and Williams' head and body were preserved separately. The head is stored in a steel can filled with liquid nitrogen. It has been shaved, drilled with holes and accidentally cracked 10 times, the magazine said. Williams' body stands upright in a 9-foot tall cylindrical steel tank, also filled with liquid nitrogen.
The procedure, approved by Williams' son, John Henry, and daughter, Claudia, carries a $136,000 bill. Alcor claims it is still owed $111,000.
Williams’ eldest daughter, Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell had fought against the process, saying that her dad had asked and requested in his will to be cremated and his ashes, scattered off the Florida coast.
Yet Williams’ signature, along with John Henry and Claudia’s had appeared at the bottom of handwritten note dated more than three years after the baseball star signed a will asking to be cremated.
"JHW, Claudia and Dad all agree to be put into biostasis after we die," reads the pact, which family attorney Bob Goldman said was written in a Gainesville hospital room before the Hall of Fame slugger underwent surgery.
"This is what we want, to be able to be together in the future, even if it is only a chance," the document said.
Sports Illustrated said that according to a taped conversation between former Alcor chief operating officer Larry Johnson and a board adviser, eight DNA samples among 182 taken from Williams are missing without explanation.
Spokeswoman Paula Lemler, wife of Alcor chief executive officer Jerry Lemler, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that company officials had not seen the article and would have no comment.
Williams-best hitter evah!!~ long live #9!!
- MANNYWOOD~RSM™
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