Ted Williams
Ted Williams: A True All American
\"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\'\" (“My Turn At Bat” 128).
Theodore Samuel Williams was born on August 30th 1918 in San Diego, California. His father, a photographer, named him after the late outspoken president Teddy Roosevelt.His mother was a salvation worker of Mexican descent (“My Turn At Bat”15). His parents, who he later came to resent, were poor and constantly working
(“My Turn At Bat”16). This left Ted with lots of free time. So he hung out at baseball diamonds and developed a batting stroke that would become legendary.
After graduation from Herbert Hoover High School, Williams\' talents got him a contract with a minor league baseball team in San Diego (“My Turn at Bat” 26). His progressed very quickly, and two years later, Williams was the starting left fielder for the Boston Red Sox.
In the two decades......
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