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Ted Williams Interview
(please click on an interview comment to hear the mp3)
His start in baseball
The art of hitting: Practice
 Mickey Mantle: Switch hitting
A student of the game
Minor leagues
Rogers Hornsby
Mickey Mantle: Casey Stengel
Signing with the Red Sox
Mickey Mantle: Auditions for the St. Louis Browns, signs with Yankees
Rookie season: Red Sox veterans
Rookie season: Highlights and challenges
Hitting .400
Mickey Mantle: 500th home run
Dramatic final game of 1941's .400 season
1942 and 1947 Triple Crowns, but no MVP's, and, 1950,
Ted's injury-plagued and most disappointing season
Mickey Mantle: 1956 Triple Crown
Only two MVP's with six batting titles and two Triple Crowns
Combative relationship with sports writers
Baseball's Golden Era: 1946 -- 1950
1946: Landmark season for Major League baseball
Toughest pitchers: Bob Lemon, Whitey Ford, Bob Feller...
Never won a World Series
Mickey Mantle: World Series triumphs
Retiring at 42
Mickey Mantle: Retiring at 36
Reading pitchers
Boudreau Shift
Mickey Mantle: Ted Williams
1960: Brilliant final season
Mickey Mantle on Ted Williams
Mantle discusses Ted Williams and how Ted's advice caused him to go
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