Publisher's Synopsis
Ted Williams was the best hitter in baseball history. His stats would be even higher if he had not left baseball for nearly five years in the prime of his career to serve as a Marine pilot in World War II and Korea. Born in 1918 in San Diego, Ted would spend most of his life disguising his Mexican heritage. During his twenty-two years with the Boston Red Sox, Williams electrified crowds across Americaand shocked them, too. His notorious clashes with the press and fans threatened his reputation. Yet while he was a god in the batters box, he was profoundly human once he stepped away from the plate. His ferocity came to define his troubled domestic life.
