Ted Williams wanted to be known as the greatest hitter who ever lived. When he failed to meet those expectations, pity anything that got in his way. Like a water cooler. After popping up in a ...

He wanted to be not only good, but great at it," says broadcaster Curt Gowdy about Ted Williams, on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. Thanks in large part to the media, Ted Williams wore the ...

If there was a baseball player who rivaled DiMaggio in his day, it was undoubtedly Ted Williams ... assessment of Williams. As writer David Halberstam tells the story in his book, "Summer of ...