Ray Suarez remembers baseball great Ted Williams with Steve Buckley, sports reporter for The Boston Herald. He was one of baseball's greatest hitters and the last player to bat .400, that ...
CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. -- Ted Williams, Beantown's ever cranky but much beloved "Splendid Splinter" and baseball's last .400 hitter, died Friday. The Boston Red Sox treasure, who made good on his goal to ...
LOS ANGELES — In a recent game against the Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Angels first baseman Darin Erstad was confronted by what has become a familiar problem: He could field the distracting and ...
A Plainville woodworker thinks splendid splinters from the Splendid Splinter’s old baseball campground in Lakeville will make excellent high-end furniture. Stephen C. Staples, owner of Staples Cabinet ...
They named a candy bar for Babe Ruth and a disease for Lou Gehrig. Ted Williams they just called names. Officially he was the Kid, the Splendid Splinter, Thumper, but the best ballplayer to make ...