The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams (122 page)

Ted and Bobby-Jo, circa 1953. (Ted Williams Family Enterprises)

With Howard Cosell at spring training in Sarasota, mid-1950s. (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

With Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, circa 1955. (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

Spitting toward the press box after hitting his four hundredth career home run on July 17, 1956. (Rogers Photo Archive)

With Jackie Robinson in Boston, 1957. (The Sports Museum)

With Mickey Mantle, in Florida, circa 1955. (Ted Williams Family Enterprises)

With Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, in 1958. (Red Sox photograph)

Reacting with fury and anguish on September 21, 1958, after seeing that a bat he had flung in disgust after striking out had struck an elderly woman. (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

Gladys Heffernan is tended to after being struck by Ted’s thrown bat. (Rogers Photo Archive)

With Ty Cobb at spring training in Scottsdale, 1959. (Red Sox photograph)

Hooking a babe for a gag shot at spring training in Scottsdale, 1960. (Rogers Photo Archive)

Heading to the field before his last game, September 28, 1960. (The Sports Museum)

The Women in Ted’s Life

Ted and his first wife, Doris, in San Diego, January 1946, after he returned from World War II. (May Williams Collection)