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Ted Williams had great aim off the field
An exclusive excerpt from Ben Bradlee, Jr.’s “The Kid”: On Saturday mornings as a boy, Ted [Williams] and one of his best friends, Joe Villarino, would hike up into the hills outside of San Diego and go rabbit hunting, swim and look for Huck Finn-like adventure. “One day,” Villarino remembers, “we was walking around this trail and a rattlesnake come out and Ted shot it with a .45 he had. We laid it aside, and when we came back, he wrapped him around his neck and shoulders and carried it home. Another time, at Dobie’s Pond, there was a kid in trouble. He was about eight or nine. We was about fourteen or fifteen. The kid was kinda splashing around. Ted went in and got him. He didn’t make a big deal of it. He didn’t like to be in the limelight too much.”
(PHOTO: Ted Williams hauling in his kill in Minnesota, 1939. Ted Williams Family Enterprises.)
That's Ben Bradlee, Jr. @ Gibson's Bookstore in Concord, N.H. For a reading and signing of THE KID, the definitive bio of Ted Williams.
Two of my favorite people. @BillBrettBoston and #DavidMcCullough, the pride of Pittsburgh, at reading and signing for his #WrightBrothers book. Also in the audience is David's wife Rosalee and a few of their children. @harvardbookstore on location
how'd they get my family holiday card?
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: November 3, 1939
Pittsburgh has its first movie “world premiere” in Hollywood style, with the showing of “Allegheny Uprising” at Loew’s Penn. Claire Trevor, one of the stars of the film, was among the guests. [Historic Pittsburgh]
So @sidecardoughnuts gave out free samples today for #nationaldonutday even though they don't open for another week. #SantaMonica #sidecardoughnuts #huckleberry
Ben Bradlee, Jr.’s “The Kid” is out. The reviews are starting to come in. The Associated Press review:
“Absorbing…this is surely the definitive Ted Williams book. …Bradlee’s brilliant account is required reading for any Red Sox fan. It’s also a fascinating portrait of a complex character that a baseball agnostic or even a Yankees fan will find hard to put down.” Full review here.
Just some musings and electronic gatherings of an ink-stained wretch turned social media junkie. As JADAL says: No trees were destroyed in the sending of this organic message. I do concede, however, a significant number of electrons may have been inconvenienced.
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