Interesting Ted Williams Article

[seeingreen34]

Don't know if anyone knew this stuff about Ted Williams (I didn't) but it's pretty interesting. The article talks about Williams' demeanor with the fans, media, in light of Manny Ramirez today. I found this part to be most interesting.

Williams was always upset with Boston's fans. He was always perplexed and angered by the fact that a fan would “boo” a player when he made an error, and would turn around and cheer him when he singled the next inning.

In fact, Williams was so angry at the Boston faithful that he never once, in his entire career, tipped his cap to the fans.

This included the day he hit the last home run of his career.

Despite a persistently cheering crowd, Williams did not appreciate fickle fans, and therefore did not acknowledge them with a tip of the cap.

It seems to be different circumstances where Williams was upset with the fans and Manny is well Manny. I don't know just found it interesting.

Link.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/41781-the-view-from-landsdowne-street-just-williams-being-williams

[Roy Hobbs]

In fact, Williams was so angry at the Boston faithful that he never once, in his entire career, tipped his cap to the fans.

That's not completely accurate.  Williams tipped his cap after every home run he hit his rookie season.  As described by ESPN.com:

He spent one season with Triple-A Minneapolis before breaking in as Boston's 20-year-old rightfielder in 1939, hitting .327 with 31 homers.

Williams tipped his hat for every home run that season. He was embraced as "The Kid," and Boston had visions of a man who one day might break Babe Ruth's home-run record.
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One game he struck out, then made an error. He heard the boos, and he couldn't get the echo out of his head. "In the dugout between innings, I swore never again to tip my hat in Fenway Park,"' he said.

It was the start of a not-so-beautiful relationship between Williams and "those wolves in the leftfield stands."' His dealings with the press weren't any better.

http://espn.go.com/classic/000706tedwilliams.html

[xmuscularghandix]

thats why it was so emotional when he tipped his cap at the all-star game. i was thinking about all this recently too becuase of the manny talk, seeing as in how all of the hitting categories for the sox have the two of them top 10, most top 5. but i think that even with how the national and local media are turning on manny that the "fenway faithful" are actually on the side of manny, he's too important.

i wish teddy got to win a ring.