George Will, baseball lover and author of
Men at Work and other books, eulogises one of the greats.

There is no joy in Red Sox nation, aka New England, or in any heart where baseball matters. When Ted Williams arrived in Boston at age 20 in 1939, a spindly 6-foot-4, the Splendid Splinter said, “All I want out of life is that when I walk down the street folks will say, ‘There goes the greatest hitter that ever lived.”‘ When he died Friday at age 83, many people did say that, and no one said they were foolish.