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Ted Williams lived a robust life that was unquestioned in its greatness, be it as the sweet-swinging Hall of Fame outfielder for the Boston Red Sox or the heroic fighter pilot serving his country in two wars. In death, however, Williams has been shrouded in unthinkable controversy. In the 13 months since his passing, his body has been suspended in liquid nitrogen at Alcor Life Extension Foundation of Scottsdale, Ariz., a cryonics company. According to Alcor internal documents, e-mails, photographs and tape recordings obtained by SI with the cooperation of the company's most recent chief operating officer, Larry Johnson, Williams's postmortem days have been bizarre and complicated beyond imagination. One Alcor board member has talked with ghoulish humor about using the body as "a bargaining chip" to collect $111,000 that John Henry Williams, Ted's son, still owes from the original $136,000 bill to put Williams into cryonic suspension, a deep-freezing process done in hopes that scientific advances someday will restore the dead to life. Then, on July 15--10 days after Ted's death and two weeks before John Henry wrote a$ 25,000 check to Alcor--John Henry and Claudia produced the oil-stained piece of scrap paper, which John Henry claimed to have just found in the trunk of his car. INSET: Tip of the ICEBERG?.

This article presents an excerpt from a "TIME" article published on April 10, 1950. Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein said last week his squad defeated their rivals "for all the great Red Sox players who never found a way to beat the Yankees."Among those greats was TED WILLIAMS, who never won a World Series in his Sox career. Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox looked as fit as an Indian buck... But as usual Ted Williams had a number of worries at the back of his mind... Midseason injuries to such mainstays as dependable Bobby Doerr and hustling hard-hitting (39 homers last year) Vernon Stephens could well put the Sox out of the running.

Focuses on the visit by Ted Williams's longtime friend Arthur "Buzz" Hamon to Alcor, the Scottsdale, Arizona facility where the Splendid Splinter's body is cryogenically frozen at the behest of his son, John Henry. Accompanied by his friend Bobbie Sgrillo, a former funeral home owner, Hamon, who ran the Ted Williams Museum in Hernando, Florida from 1995 through 1999, gained access to Alcor's high-security facility after Sgrillo claimed she had a professional interest in cryonics. Both visitors say they were unsettled by the operating room, which was cluttered with boxes, papers and other debris and where the absence of stainless steel on the work surfaces struck Sgrillo as "unsanitary." Alcor president Jerry Lemler, who says the tanks' nitrogen quantities are adequate, attributes the clutter to renovations and says that Hamon and Sgrillo are ignorant of the accepted guidelines in the cryonics industry. Hamon says a group of Williams's friends (he won't reveal their names) last week filed a request asking the Arizona attorney general to investigate Alcor's practices.

This article presents an excerpt from a "TIME" article published on April 10, 1950. Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein said last week his squad defeated their rivals "for all the great Red Sox players who never found a way to beat the Yankees." Among those greats was TED WILLIAMS, who never won a World Series in his Sox career. Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox looked as fit as an Indian buck... But as usual Ted Williams had a number of worries at the back of his mind... Midseason injuries to such mainstays as dependable Bobby Doerr and hustling hard-hitting (39 homers last year) Vernon Stephens could well put the Sox out of the running.

The article features Boston Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams. He is regarded as one of the greatest hitters ever who exerted an effort to be consistent as the pitching in the American League keeps on improving. He made 43 home runs in 1949 and his .353 record is the third highest in modern baseball records. He also won the Most Valuable Player in 1949 in the American League.

The article focuses on how sports history might have been changed if several athletes and coaches had made different decisions concerning their careers. Growing up in Marion, Ohio, Judson Webb was a pretty decent American Legion outfielder, good enough that in 1953 he fielded an offer of $90 a month to play Class D ball. But he had another option. Webb, a philosophy professor at Boston University, gets paid to mull over the multiplicity of life's roads not taken. Webb's own fate is a mere byway in the maze of paths that vein the Rand McNally of sports. Much more momentous turns in sports history have involved decisions--apparently incidental at the time, but fateful in the long run. People mentioned include Vince Lombardi, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Johnny Unitas, Roger Clemens, Gordie Howe, Rod Laver, Jack Nicklaus, Howard Cosell, Sam Huff, Knute Rockne, and others.

Reports the recognition of baseball player Ted Williams as the American League's first Triple Crown winner. Citations on major league baseball players triple crown winners; Achievements of Williams; Career background. INSET: THE TRIPLE CROWN CLUB THE .400 BA CLUB.

Profiles baseball player Ted Williams in 1996. The career of Williams with the Boston Red Sox; His health problems, including three strokes; Events in his life in Citrus County, Florida; His being taken by a con artist in the late 1980s; His personality; Comments from Williams about Fenway Park; His relationship with his son John-Henry Williams; Ted's interests; Awards won and honors given to Williams; His business enterprises.

The article features Theodore "Teddy" Samuel Williams, the new manager for the Washington Senators baseball team. It states that despite advice from friends, he took on the position, and that the Senators' first game under him was with the New York Yankees in 1969. It describes his achievements, which include induction in the Baseball Hall of Fame and that he has the highest batting average to date. It claims that he is an object of adulation, and that even the Yankees were wary of him when he attended the game.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of fishing with American baseball player Ted Williams in the Florida Key in Florida.

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News briefs about professional baseball in the U.S. are presented. The Chicago Cubs are described as having the worst record in the major leagues during September 1969. Ted Williams is included in Manager of the Year contenders for his role in the victories of the Washington Senators team in the Eastern Division of the American League. Cincinnati Reds outfielder Pete Rose improved his batting average in a game against the New York Mets.

The article recalls issues on the publishing industry in the U.S. that transpired in April 1957. Baseball player Ted Williams allegedly got mad during an interview by "New Orleans States" executive sports editor Crozet Duplantier. Out of 1,738 periodicals, 379 of them have been sold in the country with single-copy prices ranging from 6 to 10 centavos a copy.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including one by William McCarthy on nominating Boston's Ted Williams as the Sportsman of the Year, one by Henry Jewett Greene on teaching bridge game and one on baseball.

Profiles baseball player Ted Williams. Belief of Williams in excellence; Citation of examples, which shows that he retains the capacity to get disgusted; Testification by several hitters that their batting averages jumped thirty percentage points after he showed them what they did wrong.

The article focuses on the first major auction of memorabilia of U.S. baseball player Ted Williams that will be hosted by Hunt Auctions in Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts on April 28, 2012. A brief background of Williams is presented. It cites baseball items that are expected to attract the most attention at the auction, including a ball signed by player Babe Ruth. It notes the likelihood that he will be defeated again by his principal rival Joe DiMaggio in the auction world.

The article focuses on the South Regional opening round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) baseball tournament held at the University of Miami in Florida. It talks about the semi-retired Mel Allen who broadcast the game, and Ted Williams who batted five balls at center field which were all ideas of college baseball coach Ron Fraser. It also provides an overview of Fraser's career including his work as the coach of the Miami Hurricanes since 1963, and his stint as the athletic director at the Coral Gables Youth Center.