My favorite part:
I met him for the first time at Cooperstown in the late 1980s. He arrived for an interview at the Otesaga Hotel, sat down at a giant round table of scribes, and waited for a first question from the intimidated bunch. After a long, awkward pause, Ted finally said, “Scared to death, aren’t ya?’’ Ted was a man who could make “writer’’ sound like a four-letter word.In some quarters, it is.
Excellent article by Shank.
No disrespect to Ted Williams but ... see below.
ReplyDeleteI just wonder how Shank would've handled his journalistic duties if he had to report on the "spitting" story? Is what teddy Ballgame did any different than what Randy Moss did by having his headphones on during Kraft’s speech at a cancer charity event?
The Boston Red Sox fine Ted Williams $5,000 for spitting at Boston fans.
August 7, 1956 - In a game against the Yankees at Fenway Park, Williams drop an easy fly ball and is booed lustily by Red Sox fans. At the end of the inning, Williams jogs toward the dugout and launches into one of the worst tantrums of his career by spitting at fans near the dugout. Williams is fined $5,000 but tells the Boston Herald he doesn't regret his actions. "I'd spit again at those booing bastards," Williams says.
Shank is stroking his "old-timers" (core market) with this type of story. Unfortunately, the current generation has no clue who Teddy Ballgame is ... they might think you are talking about Bruschi.
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"I just wonder how Shank would've handled his journalistic duties if he had to report on the 'spitting' story?"
ReplyDelete"Spitting Story"? So what your referring to is every Matt Garza start?