spring training part 2

this is a photo ted williams from spring training in 1948: if this week's blogjammin' was only about ted williams i would have saved this post for friday. beyond the start of spring training my interest in ted williams was rekindled by the recent passing of john updike. updike wrote a&p, which is not only my favorite short story - non-sedaris category - but also one of the few things that i read while at syracuse i truly enjoyed. reading about updike's life reminded me of an article he wrote, hub fans bid kid adieu, that was first published in the oct. 22, 1960 issue of the new yorker. hub fan bids kid adieu is the story of ted williams' last game at fenway park; a game made legendary by the fact that ted williams hit a home run in his final at-bat. you can see the at bat here:
ted never came out and tipped his cap. while most people attribute william's refusal to acknowledge the crowd to aloofness, updike explained it by writing that "gods do not answer letters".