REMEMBERING TED WILLIAMS

Who died this date in 2002 - Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002, click on the photo) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career as a left_fielder for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960, excepting service time during World War II and the Korean War. Nicknamed "The Kid", "The Splendid Splinter", "Teddy Ballgame", "The Thumper", and "The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived"...read more here  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Williams

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