[Vision2020] Ted Williams and pay cuts

[Carl Westberg]

And Ted Williams is the only major league player, former or current, whose head is frozen in a liquid nitrogen steel can.  Well, maybe A-Rods' is, too.   Carl Westberg Jr.

> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:30:07 -0700
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> To: lfalen at turbonet.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Ted Williams and pay cuts
> 
> I am not sure how much credibility (or lack thereof) to give to your article,
> Roger.
> 
> Wikipedia at:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Williams
> 
> "In a climactic ending to his career, he hit a home run in his very last at
> bat on September 28, 1960."
> 
> Maybe you are right, kinda.  1960 was "more than 30 years ago".
> 
> Ted Williams earned $6,500 his first year (1939) with the Boston Red Sox and
> $125,000 in his retirning year (1960).
> 
> http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=willite01
> 
> One fact about Ted Williams that FAR outshines any other stat of any other
> player in baseball history.
> 
> During the early years of his baseball career he enlisted and saw combat duty
> in World War 2, returning to baseball upon war's end.  At the height of his
> baseball career, when he was earning an estimated $100,00 per year, Ted
> Williams enlisted (again) and saw combat duty in Korea.  Again returning to
> baseball upon war's end.
> 
> All the pay cuts in the world can't even begin to match Ted Williams' sense of
> loyalty, patriotism, and absolute commitment,
> 
> Pro patria,
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > More than 30 years ago, Ted Williams was closing out his career with the
> > Boston Red Sox. He was suffering from a pinched nerve in his neck that season.
> > "The thing was so bad" he he latter explained "that I could hardly turn my
> > head to look at the pitcher."
> > For the first time in hs career he batted under .300, hitting just .254 with
> > 10 home runs. He was the highest-salaried player in sports, making $125,000.
> > The next year the Red Sox sent him the same contract.
> > When he got the contract, Williams sent it back with a note saying that he
> > would not sign it until they gave him the full pay cut allowed. " I was always
> > treated fairly by the Red Sox when it came to contracts" Williams said. "Now
> > they are offering me a contract  I didn't deserve. And I only wanted what I
> > deserved."
> > Williams cut his own salary by 25 percent, raised his batting average by 62
> > points, and closed out a brilliant career by hitting a home run in his final
> > time at the bat.
> > (from a speech by A. Thomas Young, President and CEO of Martin Marietta
> > Corporation)
> >
> > Roger
> >
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> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change and
> the Realist adjusts his sails."
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> - Unknown
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