In the stands
When he was at bat,
With each pitch,
Ted Williams
Made the seven and a half
Year old believe
He would hit:
Made him believe the hit
Could be a home run
Each and every pitch
And he would wonder
If Billy Consolo or Billy Klaus
Or Jacky Jensen or
Jimmy Piersal
Could get on base
Or score
On Ted’s at-bat.

The beauty of sports, Pete, is that it makes us believe our heroes can win them all. Nicely done.

Les

Thanks, Les.

Sometimes I feel that about life itself - but then I feel like a megalomaniac, instead of an ordinary maniac.

Peter

p.s.,

Every time this site refuses to let me in, it destroys my concentration so much I feel like not coming back. But that is what we get, I guess, for clinging to an abandoned ship.

Cheers

This is exactly how Willie Mays made me feel at the Polo Grounds. You captured the emotion perfectly, Peter.

Joe

In those days, Willie Mays was one of those players I regretted not seeing more of since he played in that other league.

I felt the same way about Williams, who I still think was the best all around hitter ever. His stats were amazing; they would have been absolutely staggering had he not served as a pilot for four years during WWII and two years during the Korean War. And he did it without steroids or other PEDs.