The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams
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Chapter 20: Bobby-Jo
1. Interview with Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell, May 5, 2004.
2. Interview with Daria Stehle, February 16, 2005.
3. Interview with Bill Churchman, May 11, 2004.
4. Interview with Stephen Tomasco, February 25, 2003.
5. Interview with Bill Churchman, May 11, 2004.
6. Washington Post, February 13, 2002.
Chapter 21: “Inn of the Immortals”
1. Boston Traveler, December 29, 1965.
2. New York Times, January 10, 1966.
3. Lou Gehrig was elected to the Hall of Fame by acclamation in 1939 after it was learned that he had been stricken with ALS.
4. Boston Globe, January 14, 1966.
5. Boston Record-American, January 5, 1966.
6. Boston Globe, January 20, 1966.
7. Boston Globe, January 30, 1966.
8. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 223.
9. Boston Herald, July 26, 1966.
10. Boston Globe, July 26, 1966.
11. Boston Traveler, July 25, 1966.
12. Boston Herald, July 26, 1966.
13. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 224.
14. Interview with Tim Horgan, October 5, 2005.
15. Boston Traveler, July 29, 1966.
16. Boston Herald, July 30, 1966.
17. Rampersad, Jackie Robinson, 319.
18. Williams column in the Boston Globe, September 22, 1963.
19. Halberstam, The Teammates, 113.
20. Interview with Joe Davis, April 17, 2004.
21. Boston Globe, July 22, 2002.
22. Interview with Curt Gowdy, October 24, 2002.
23. USA Today, April 15, 2012.
24. Kuhn, Hardball, 56.
25. New York Post, February 4, 1971.
26. Washington Post, July 10, 1971.
27. From Monte Irvin’s videotape at the Ted Williams Museum and Hitters Hall of Fame.
28. The Well, “Inkwell: Authors and Artists, Topic 159: Howard Bryant, Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston,” September 19, 2002, http://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/159/Howard-Bryant-Shut-Out-A-Story-o-page01.xhtml.
29. Interview with Al Cassidy, October 9, 2002, and November 18, 2005.
30. Interview with Martin Nolan, November 22, 2002.
31. Interview with Buck O’Neil, July 15, 2004.
32. Interview with Al Cassidy, October 9, 2002, and November 18, 2005.
33. United Press International, July 26, 1985, and the Oneonta Daily Star (New York), July 27, 1985.
34. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 12, 1995.
Chapter 22: Dolores
1. United Press International, October 14, 1966.
2. Interview with Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell, May 5, 2004.
3. Interview with Lee Howard, October 10, 2002.
4. Interview with Dolores Williams, September 29, 2008.
5. New York Journal-American, September 1, 1959.
6. Variety, September 23, 1959.
7. Time, December 22, 1961.
8. John Underwood, “Going Fishing with the Kid,” Sports Illustrated, August 21, 1967.
9. Interview with Francine Dawn Hebding, November 19, 2002.
10. Prime and Nowlin, Ted Williams, 67.
11. Interview with John Underwood, April 14, 2003.
12. Interview with Claudia Williams, April 29, 2005.
Chapter 23: The Splendid Skipper
1. Washington Post, February 13, 1969.
2. Boston Globe, March 18, 1969.
3. Whitfield, Kiss It Good-Bye, 44.
4. Washingtonian, March 1970.
5. Sports Illustrated, February 24, 1969.
6. Whitfield, Kiss It Good-Bye, 44; Washingtonian, March 1970; and Sports Illustrated, February 24, 1969.
7. Wall Street Journal, April 6, 1970.
8. Boston Globe, February 22, 1969.
9. Ibid.
10. United Press International, February 23, 1969.
11. Boston Globe, February 22, 1969.
12. Boston Globe, February 23, 1969.
13. Whitfield, Kiss It Good-Bye, 46.
14. Boston Globe, February 26, 1969.
15. Whitfield, Kiss It Good-Bye, 46.
16. Ibid., 43.
17. Ibid., 35.
18. Washington Post, March 2, 1969.
19. Frank Howard, “What It’s Like to Play for Ted Williams,” Sport, March 1970 (Howard’s account of the 1969 season).
20. Interview with Dave Nelson, October 10, 2003.
21. Boston Globe, March 17, 1969.
22. Sport, March 1970.
23. Boston Globe, March 17, 1969.
24. Interview with Mike Epstein, July 18, 2005.
25. Terwilliger with Peterson and Boehm, Terwilliger Bunts One, 169.
26. Boston Globe, March 19, 1969.
27. Terwilliger with Peterson and Boehm, Terwilliger Bunts One, 172.
28. Ibid., 175.
29. Sport, March 1970.
30. New York Times, April 8, 1969.
31. Boston Globe, April 7, 1969.
32. Letter from Richard Nixon to Ted Williams, March 3, 1969, made available to the author by Claudia Williams.
33. Boston Globe, April 8, 1969.
34. Terwilliger with Peterson and Boehm, Terwilliger Bunts One, 176.
35. Ibid., 176–78.
36. New York Times, April 16, 1969.
37. Cataneo, Peanuts and Crackerjack, 149.
38. Boston Globe, April 24, 1969.
39. Whitfield, Kiss It Good-Bye, 98.
40. Wall Street Journal, April 6, 1970.
41. Ibid.
42. Washington Post, July 2, 1969.
43. Washingtonian, March 1970.
44. Interview with Dick Billings, October 7, 2003.
45. Interview with David Burgin, October 15, 2005.
46. Washington Post, March 4, 1969.
47. Dolores Williams interview with Don Newbery, September 1969.
48. Letter from Don Newbery to Dolores Williams, March 2003.
49. Terwilliger with Peterson and Boehm, Terwilliger Bunts One, 182.
50. Whitfield, Kiss It Good-Bye, 38.
51. Ibid.
52. Letter from Richard Nixon to Ted Williams, July 18, 1984, made available to the author by Claudia Williams.
53. Sporting News, September 8, 1969.
54. Associated Press, October 21, 1969.
55. Whitfield, Kiss It Good-Bye, 77.
56. Boston Globe, October 2, 1969.
57. Washington Post, October 22, 1969.
58. Detroit News, September 20, 1971, as cited in Terwilliger with Peterson and Boehm, Terwilliger Bunts One, 181.
59. Boston Globe, February 8, 1970.
60. Boston Globe, January 23, 1970.
61. Wall Street Journal, April 6, 1970.
62. Whitfield, Kiss It Good-Bye, 31.
63. Associated Press, April 29, 1970.
64. Washington Post, April 30, 1970.
65. Washington Post, May 24, 1970.
66. Whitfield, Kiss It Good-Bye, 47.
67. Boston Globe, May 31, 1977.
68. Interview with Bernie Allen, July 16, 2004.
69. Boston Globe, July 1, 1970.
70. Interview with Dick Bosman, October 7, 2003.
71. Interview with Bernie Allen, July 16, 2004.
72. Boston Globe, July 2, 1970.
73. United Press International, July 20, 1970.
74. Interview with Joe Camacho, June 4, 2004.
75. Interview with Casey Cox, July 23, 2004.
76. Whitfield, Kiss It Good-Bye, 55.
77. Ibid., 37.
78. Interview with Shelby Whitfield, December 21, 2005.
79. Whitfield, Kiss It Good-Bye, 26.
80. Ibid., 59, 72, and 75.
81. Ibid., 57.
82. Ibid., 114.
83. Associated Press, October 13, 1970.
84. Whitfield, Kiss
It Good-Bye, 24.
85. Interview with Dolores Williams, September 29, 2008.
86. Montville, Ted Williams, 300.
87. Interview with Dolores Williams, September 29, 2008.
88. McLain with Diles, Nobody’s Perfect, 115.
89. Interview with Dave Nelson, October 10, 2003.
90. McLain with Diles, Nobody’s Perfect, 122.
91. Ibid., 119.
92. United Press International, September 22, 1971.
93. Washington Post, August 26, 1971.
94. Interview with Tom Grieve, October 28, 2004.
95. Terwilliger with Peterson and Boehm, Terwilliger Bunts One, 189.
96. Ibid., 188.
97. Williams’s batting show at Fenway Park is based on interviews with Bill Zeigler, August 16, 2004, and Dick Billings, October 7, 2003, and the Boston Herald Traveler, August 26, 1972.
98. Williams with Pietrusza, Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures, 159.
Chapter 24: Young John-Henry and Claudia
1. Letter from Ted to Dolores, March 15, 1974, made available to the author by Claudia Williams.
2. Interview with Rob Kaufman, March 8, 2003.
3. Interview with Bobby Doerr, June 24, 2012.
4. Sports Illustrated, June 29, 1981.
5. Interview with Mary Diver, August 21, 2005.
6. Interview with Janet Franzoni, May 2, 2005.
7. Interview with Rob Kaufman, March 8, 2003.
8. Interview with Bob McWalter, September 17, 2002.
9. Linn, Hitter, 358 and 359.
10. Boston Globe, March 28, 1982.
11. Interview with Al Cassidy, November 18, 2005.
12. Interview with George Sullivan, September 4, 2005.
13. Ted Williams estate planning memorandum, February 8, 1990.
14. Will McDonough 1967 interviews.
15. Michelle Orlando MacIntyre, A Red Sox Romance: Spring Training 1984, private reflections on Michelle’s relationship with John-Henry, 27 and 43–44, made available to the author.
16. Interview with Candace Orlando Siegel, January 11, 2006.
17. Interview with Michelle Orlando MacIntyre, February 23, 2006.
18. Interview with Brian Interland, May 18, 2005.
19. Interview with Bob Long, March 25, 2005.
20. Boston, November 1990.
21. Interview with Ferd Ensinger, August 25, 2005.
22. Interview with Chick Leahey, May 5, 2005.
23. Interview with Elizabeth “Betty” Tamposi, October 21, 2005.
24. Interview with John Winkin, September 6, 2005.
25. Interview with Jim Vinick, May 18, 2004.
26. Boston Globe, July 21, 2002.
27. Interview with Manuel Herrera, October 29, 2002.
28. Letter from Manuel Herrera to Ted Williams and Louise Kaufman, June 10, 1989.
29. Interview with Salvador Herrera, November 3, 2005.
30. Interview with Edna Herrera, November 4, 2005.
Chapter 25: The Fishing Life
1. Orange County Register, July 11, 2002.
2. Boston Globe, July 16, 1964.
3. Boston Evening American, April 16, 1949.
4. Boston Herald, April 27, 1969, as cited in Cataneo, I Remember Ted Williams, 202.
5. Sport, February 1952.
6. Popular Mechanics, May 1989.
7. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 163.
8. New York Times, January 18, 1998.
9. Prime and Nowlin, Ted Williams, 171.
10. Interview with Buddy Grace, August 13, 2004.
11. Interview with Hank Brown, July 16, 2004.
12. Interview with Frank Brothers, February 15, 2003.
13. Interview with Dan Pitts, January 24, 2005.
14. Interview with Millard Wells, April 14, 2004.
15. Sports Illustrated, June 29, 1981.
16. Interview with Gary Ellis, April 20, 2006.
17. Sporting News, August 26, 1967.
18. Boston Globe, July 5, 2002.
19. Sports Illustrated, June 29, 1981.
20. Los Angeles Times, November 17, 1977.
21. Interview with Claudia Williams, March 28, 2005.
22. Sports Illustrated, June 29, 1981.
23. Interview with Jack Fenety, August 3, 2004.
24. Interview with Jerry Doak, August 10, 2004.
25. United Press International, February 6, 1971.
26. Popular Mechanics, May 1989.
27. Bangor Daily News, October 3, 1993.
28. Boston Globe, July 7, 1978.
29. New York Times, July 23, 1978.
30. Interview with Sammy Lee, June 27, 2005.
31. Interview with Edna Curtis, July 1, 2005.
Chapter 26: Being Ted Williams
1. Boston Phoenix, April 12, 1983.
2. Chicago Sun Times, March 14, 1978.
3. Washington Post, March 21, 1978.
4. Boston Globe, March 6, 1978.
5. Boston Herald, May 30, 1984.
6. Interview with James Vinick, May 18, 2004.
7. Associated Press, March 5, 1986.
8. Boston Globe, March 6, 1986.
9. Esquire, June 1986.
10. Interview with James Vinick, May 18, 2004.
11. Interview with Ted Johnston, August 6, 2004.
12. Interview with Frank Inamorati, September 2, 2005.
13. Interview with Joe Rigney, August 27, 2005.
14. Chicago Tribune, February 14, 1988.
15. Interview with John Sununu, February 21, 2006.
16. Interview with George H. W. Bush, March 3, 2006.
17. Interview with Al Cassidy, October 9, 2002.
18. Claudia Williams e-mail to the author, May 9, 2012.
19. Boston Herald, November 11, 1988.
20. New York Times, November 12, 1988.
21. Wall Street Journal, February 10, 1989.
22. Interview with Eddie Walsh, July 25, 2005.
23. Interview with John Dowd, May 26, 2006.
24. Interview with Jack Reardon, May 11, 2005.
25. Boston Globe, May 12, 1991.
26. Linn, Hitter, 366.
27. Ibid., 368.
28. Engelberg with Schneider, DiMaggio, 301.
29. Vincent, The Last Commissioner, 6.
30. Sporting News, November 14, 1994.
31. Vincent, The Last Commissioner, 7–10.
32. Washington Post and USA Today, July 10, 1991.
33. Engelberg with Schneider, DiMaggio, 301–2.
34. Vincent, The Last Commissioner, 11.
35. Interview with John Sununu, February 22, 2006.
36. Vincent, The Last Commissioner, 12.
37. Linn, Hitter, 370 and 371.
38. Letter from Ted Williams to Robert McWalter, December 19, 1991, courtesy of McWalter.
Chapter 27: Enter John-Henry
1. Interview with Brian Interland, May 18, 2005.
2. Interview with Claudia Williams, May 3, 2004.
3. Boston, November 1990.
4. Boston Globe, August 8, 1995.
5. Sports Illustrated, May 20, 1991.
6. Interview with Phil Castinetti, January 21, 2005.
7. The trophies, described as being “on loan for permanent display,” were Williams’s 1946 and 1949 Most Valuable Player awards, his 1947 Triple Crown, and the Medal of Freedom presented to him in 1991 by President George H. W. Bush (Associated Press and San Diego Union Tribune, July 11, 1992).
8. Linn, Hitter, 371–73.
9. Interview with Clifton Helman, December 7, 2005, and December 12, 2005.
10. Interview with Rob Helman, December 12, 2005.
11. New York Times, May 11, 1993.
12. Interview with Bob Breitbard, October 23, 2002.
13. Interview with Robert McWalter, September 17, 2002, and August 14, 2006.
14. Interview with Bruce Porter, June 9, 2005.
15. Interview with Tony Hammon, June 3, 2005.<
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16. Interview with Barry Craig, August 15, 2005.
17. Letter from Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell to Bob McWalter, August 24, 1993.
18. Interview with Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell, May 5, 2004.
19. Interview with Rob Kaufman, January 21, 2003, and March 8, 2003.
20. Interview with Ferd Ensinger, August 25, 2005.
Chapter 28: Ted Failing
1. Interview with Sammy Lee, June 27, 2005.
2. Interview with Lynette Siman, January 8, 2003.
3. Interview with George Carter, January 6, 2003.
4. Interview with Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell, July 20, 2004.
5. Citrus County Chronicle, February 10, 1994.
6. New York Times, May 22, 1994.
7. Ibid.
8. People, March 13, 1995.
9. Interview with Vicki Miranti, August 3, 2004.
10. Tricia Miranti e-mail to the author, August 15, 2004.
11. Interview with Claudia Williams, July 19, 2004.
12. Interview with Eric Abel, August 10, 2004.
13. Caretaker Frank Brothers told the author in an interview on March 27, 2006, that he once saw an American Express bill of $38,000 for one month in which John-Henry had bought an expensive underwater camera lens and other luxury items.
14. Interview with Anita Lovely, August 2, 2006, and August 28, 2006.
15. Interview with Robert McWalter, September 17, 2002, and August 14, 2006.
16. Interview with Clifton Helman, December 7, 2005, and December 12, 2005.
17. Boston Globe, April 18, 1994.
18. Boston Globe, July 6, 1994.
19. Boston Globe, July 29, 1994.
20. Interview with Carol Southard, February 1, 2006.
21. Interview with Claudia Williams, May 3, 2004.
22. Interview with George Carter, January 6, 2003.
23. Interview with Frank Brothers, March 27, 2006.
24. Interview with John Sullivan, January 7, 2003.
25. Interview with Judy Ebers, May 16, 2006.
26. Interview with John Sullivan, January 7, 2003.
27. Interview with Marion Corbin, June 1, 2004.
28. Interview with Jim Corbin, June 1, 2004.
29. Interview with Anita Lovely, August 2, 2006, and August 28, 2006.
30. Boston Globe, December 16, 1995.
31. Montville, Ted Williams, 429.
Chapter 29: Hitter.net
1. Sports Illustrated, November 25, 1996.
2. Daily Evening Item, December 16, 1998.
3. Ibid.
4. Lake Today, December 1998.
5. Interview with Brian O’Connor, April 13, 2005.
6. Boston Globe, January 25, 1998.
7. Interview with Phil Castinetti, January 21, 2005.
8. Boston Globe, December 6, 1997.
9. Boston Herald, March 10, 1998.