military officer
Jugador de béisbol estadounidense y piloto de combate
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Join the room“I sure have. I'd like to break every hitting record in the books. When I walk down the street, I'd like for them to say, "There goes Ted Williams, the best hitter in baseball."”
“You know why that's my favorite hit? Well, they say that the only other two players who ever hit one over there were Ruth and Gehrig. But now they have to say "only Ruth, Gehrig and Williams ever hit one over there.' Yes sir, that's putting the old string bean in some pretty fast company when they say that.”
“The unbelievable part about the Babe, of course, was that he hit only 34 homers in the first two-thirds of the season and then smacked 26 homers in the final third. Wow! What a way to finish!”
“Why do they cheer me for hitting a homer and then boo me for grounding out the next time up. I'm still the same guy, ain't I? They can all go to hell. I'll never tip my cap to them.”
“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."”
“I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.”
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Theodore Samuel Williams fue un jugador profesional de béisbol y mánager estadounidense. Jugó toda su carrera de 19 años en las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol (MLB), principalmente como jardinero izquierdo, para los Boston Red Sox desde 1939 hasta 1960; su carrera fue interrumpida por el servicio militar durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la Guerra de Corea. Apodado "Teddy Ballgame", "the Kid", "the Splendid Splinter" y "the Thumper", Williams es ampliamente considerado como uno de los mejores bateadores en la historia del béisbol.
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