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| Title | : | The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams |
| Author | : | Ben Bradlee Jr. |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 855 pages |
| Published | : | December 3rd 2013 by Little, Brown and Company |
| Categories | : | Sports. Baseball. Biography. Nonfiction. History |
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Hardcover | Pages: 855 pages Rating: 4.18 | 1116 Users | 188 Reviews
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From the catalog: At long last, the epic biography Ted Williams deserves – and that his fans have been waiting for. Ted Williams was the best hitter in baseball history. This Red Sox legend's batting average of .406 in 1941 has not been topped since, and no player who has hit over 500 home runs has a higher career batting average. Those totals would have been even higher if Williams had not left baseball for nearly five years in the prime of his career to serve as a Marine pilot in World War II and Korea. He hit home runs as far as or farther than any player before him – and traveled a long way himself, 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 American–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 box, he was profoundly human once he stepped away from the plate. His ferocity came to define his troubled domestic life. While baseball might have been straightforward for Ted Williams, life was not. "The Kid" is biography of the highest literary order, a thrilling and honest account of a legend in all his glory and human complexity. In his final at-bat, Williams hit a home run. Bradlee's marvelous book clears the fences, too.List Books Concering The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams
| Original Title: | The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams |
| ISBN: | 0316614351 (ISBN13: 9780316614351) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History & Biography (2014) |
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Ratings: 4.18 From 1116 Users | 188 ReviewsEvaluation Epithetical Books The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams
I was born in 1981, well after Ted Williams had retired from playing baseball. So what I knew of him came from ESPN interviews and his appearance at the 1999 All Star game in Boston.Still, he seemed like an interesting fellow and so I decided I would read this book. I'm glad that I did. Ted Williams was a complicated man in life and somehow in death as well. There were things I liked about him when reading the book and things that I did not.But the biggest take away from the book is thatIn THE longest, most-well researched and organized biography on any sports legend I have ever read, Ben Bradlee Jr.s The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams will forever be cherished as the be-all, end-all book on The Splendid Splinter. The entirety of the book which focused on the first 80 years on Williams life were very enjoyable to read, as every nook, cranny, and emotion surrounding Ted were explored like no other person has explored before. However, the last 3 years of his life seemed
This book is very well researched and attempts to balance the often contradictory sides of Ted Williams' personality. What is not in dispute is that Ted was the greatest pure hitter and greatest student of the art of hitting in baseball, something that is acknowledged as one of the most, not the most, difficult skills in sports.Ted was also profane, abusive, and a total wreck as a husband and, until the very last years of his life, as a father. Even then he enabled a rather worthless son who
Biography and/or sports fans rejoice! This is a biography of one of the most-loved players in baseball history - Ted Williams. There should be no doubt that Williams is the best hitter to have ever played baseball. His batting average of .406 in 1941 set a record that still stands which is impressive considering the current era of steroids in the sport. He hit more than 500 home runs and hit them farther than any player before him. Williams spent 22 years (1939 1960) playing with the Boston Red
I liked this book and really appreciated the detailed footnotes providing all of the sources of Bradlee's information. I have high praise for Bradlee, whom I felt did a great job of documenting Ted Williams' life, including the contrasts of his life, in and out of baseball, with Joe DiMaggio. Williams was a flawed individual (aren't we all, to some degree?) and at times these faults made him hard to like for me, but Bradlee nevertheless documented his attributes and his deficiencies with equal
Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived and my childhood idol will always have a tremendous influence in my life. I didn't select this book by myself, it was given to me by my grandparents; for my birthday around four years ago. In my younger years I lacked the focus to read a book of this length (800 or so pages) but, after struggling with injuries and mental confidence I found myself back where I started, looking for a fresh start. This refresher came in the form of this book, The
Ted Williams was a tortured person, as this lengthy biography makes clear. But, oh my, what a hitter he was! The last player to hit .400. With a major league career that began in 1939, in 1957--at an advanced age for a player--he hit .388. If he had any legs left, he may well have hit .400 if he would have been able to get some "leg hits."The book accomplishes several worthy goals. First, it provides a big picture description and analysis of his baseball career--from the time when he first
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