I've been following the story of Williams' after death experience and it's a mess as you can tell from the above. But of Ted Williams himself? No song I recall although I would have thought if he wanted he could have had one written.......the lad did have an ego.

On the other hand, he was probably the purest hitter baseball ever saw. He was in both WWII and the Korean War and so lost a total of 7 years out of the prime of his career. With those years added back and based on other performances, the .400 hitter would likely have held almost all of the hitting records. His swing was faultless and he was capable of putting the ball where he wanted it to go. You don't get a hit almost 4 times out of every 10 unless you have great bat control. He had a charisma that was a bit different and he never felt he owed much to the fans although many still loved him. Both before and after his retirement he was also able to gain very lucrative endorsement deals, probably the first ballplayer to get such big bucks for his name. He may well have been one of the very first, if not THE first to see baseball as a business and not a game.

His attitude though often turned many off, myself included, and he lacked that spirit that kids saw back then in someone like Mickey Mantle. He refused to tip his hat to the crowd after hitting a home run in his last at bat......Mickey would have rolled on the ground and danced around in glee.   All the same though, he was a wonder to watch with a bat. Goodbye Ted, but I'll not tip my cap to you either.

Spaw