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San Diego Native Ted Williams' Biography Explores Baseball Great's Life
San Diego Native Ted Williams' Biography Explores Baseball Great's Life
GUEST:Ben Bradlee Jr., former Boston Globe journalist and author of "The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams."
San Diego can claim baseball legend Ted Williams as a native son, but his great days as "The Splendid Splinter" took place in Boston.
As a player with the Red Sox, Williams earned the distinction of being the greatest hitter who ever lived.
But as gifted as he was on the field, Williams was a troubled man at home.
In a new, 800-page biography of Williams, "The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams," former Boston Globe journalist Ben Bradlee Jr. tells his story with the frankness of a reporter and the affection of a fan.
"I think I understand him," Bradlee said. "To the extent that anyone who spends 10 years writing a book gets to know his subject."
He said Williams was a complicated guy. He
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Books By Ben Bradlee Jr.
At long gods, the epic biography Ted Williams deserves—and that his fans have been waiting for.
By Ben Bradlee Jr.
Williams was the best hitter in baseball history. His batting average of .406 in 1941 has not been topped since, and no player who has hit more than 500 home runs has a higher career batting average. Those totals would have been even higher if Williams had not left baseball for nearly fem years in the prime of his career to serve as a Marine pilot in WWII and Korea. He hit home runs farther than any player before him–and traveled a long way han själv , as Ben Bradlee, Jr.’s grand biography reveals. Born in 1918 in San Diego, Ted would spend most of his life disguising his Mexican heritage. During his 22 years with the Boston Red Sox, Williams electrified crowds across America–and shocked them, too: His notorious clashes with the press and fans threatened his reputation. Yet while he was a God in the batter’s låda,
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Ben Bradlee Jr.
American journalist and writer
Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee Jr. (born August 7, 1948) is an American journalist and writer. He was a reporter and editor at The Boston Globe for 25 years, including a period when he supervised the Pulitzer Prize–winning investigation into sexual abuse by priests in the Boston archdiocese, and is the author of a comprehensive biography of Ted Williams. His book, The Forgotten: How the People of One Pennsylvania County Elected Donald Trump and Changed America, about Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and the 2016 United States presidential election was released on October 2, 2018.
Life and career
[edit]Bradlee was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, to Ben Bradlee, Sr (1921–2014), the future editor of The Washington Post, and his first wife Jean Saltonstall (1921–2011). His parents, who both came from Boston Brahmin families, divorced when he was seven.[1] After spending five years in Paris, from the ages of two to