Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 16, 2003 Baseball has been suffering a severe rut of boring post season play until this post season. As of this writing, The playoffs have NEVER been so intense, so dramatic and so heart breaking at once. So many magical moments. So let us all thank Ted Williams for taking over the Book and giving the fans something to remember. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 Maybe Ted Williams is writing..... http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-t...ov=ap&type=lgns INVERNESS, Fla. (AP) -- The son of Hall of Famer Ted Williams has been diagnosed with leukemia. John Henry Williams, 35, was diagnosed with leukemia earlier this month, Eric Abel, Williams' attorney, said Thursday. Abel would not discuss any other aspects of Williams' condition. John Henry Williams told the Citrus County Chronicle on Thursday that he was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia at UCLA Medical Center and that he has already started chemotherapy. ``The whole goal is get the leukemia in remission,'' Williams told the newspaper from Los Angeles for a story to be published Friday. Attempts made by The Associated Press to reach Williams were unsuccessful. After Ted Williams died July 5, 2002, John Henry Williams was at the center of a controversy surrounding his father's remains. Williams had his father's body taken to an Arizona cryonics lab, setting off a battle with his half-sister, who said her father had wanted to be cremated. The matter was settled in December, when Bobby Jo Ferrell, Ted Williams' oldest daughter, dropped her objections. A telephone call to Bobby Jo Ferrell's home on Thursday evening was not answered. John Henry Williams' other sister, Claudia Williams, told the newspaper she is in Los Angeles for tests to determine if she is a match for a possible bone marrow transplant. ``It's not good, not good at all, considering his age,'' Claudia Williams said. About 10,500 new cases of acute myelogenous leukemia are diagnosed each year in the United States, with remission occurring in 70-80 percent of those patients. Ted Williams finished with a .344 career average and was the last major league to bat over .400, when he hit .406 in 1941. John Henry Williams made an attempt over the past two seasons to follow in his father's footsteps, playing for some low-level minor league and independent baseball teams. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Tom 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 Couldn't happen to a nicer asshole. Maybe he should be frozen until a cure is found... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 17, 2003 Thank fucking god, and since Williams didn't pay the bill shouldn't they unthaw him and finally cremate him and scatter his ashes in Florida Keys like he truly wanted... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NYU 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 So Ted Williams is responsible for booking such awesome playoffs series, then making it as anti-climactic as he could with Yankees/Marlins in the World Series? Figures. He must have learned some of his booking lessons from Vince. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 17, 2003 Well, Don't forget Babe still owns the place... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 He's creating the ultimate title chase program. He's building the Yankees up in a squash match and then he'll book the big re-match. Or maybe the Marlins are his own Randy Orton, and they'll win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted October 17, 2003 The World Series reminds me alot of the Sunday Night Heat match between Levesque and Maven Hopefully the Red Sox play the role of Goldberg and knock'em out next year...even if its for a short time I'll take it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
