1993 Later with Bob Costas I wish somebody would have told me not to have dubbed and redubbed all of my vhs tapes in case I would be sharing them with a zillion people...
Of course baseball super nerd Bob Costas is right, as of 1993 12 players had hit 4 four home-runs in one game. Dude knows his stuff. It is impossible to get tired of listening to Ted Williams talk baseball.
I'm 45, uncle gave me a Sears Ted Williams glove when I was 8. Grandpa taught me about Ted who became my first baseball hero. My glove wore out & rotted away. I found another online and put pieces of the original inside when I restrung it. Every time I read or watch about Ted, the love of the game comes over me again. He sounds like John Wayne, hit more consistently than most anybody, fought in the War. What a legend. Costas rules.
I would've LOVED to sit next to this man on , each of us in a rocking chair on a country porch somewhere, with bottomless cold glasses of iced tea...and just listen to him talk about hitting, the great players he played with/against, and his unifying philosophy life and baseball(and they can often be the same thing)...for about six hours or so. Never to be. Great man.
LOVED the old Ted Williams sets. Great cards, great players, just wonderful. Also love watching a Ted Williams interview; he just says whatever he's thinking, and it's unfiltered.
Ted was Awesome... My Dad took me to see him at old Comiskey Park and I was only about 6 years old... he was the greatest hitter that I saw and a great fisherman!
Thank you for posting!! Joe DiMaggio -- in his 1986 interview with Don Henderson-Philadelphia Radio (here on YT) -- was so HIGHLY complimentary about Ted Williams. Joe called Ted the "greatest hitter" and said he wished that they were BOTH league MVP's in 1956 (56-game streak & .406 average).
I read "The Hero's Life" about Joe D. Very good book about a very complicated, enigmatic man. I'll check out the Montville book; thanks for the recommendation!!
It pains me to see these great ppl get so old, time is awful! IDK why life must be this way. Miss alot of the greats and all we have is this, and you can see what a shell his body is here even tho his mind is still there.
In his baseball autobiography, Ted Williams comments that when going to a movie theatre as a young man, he was a great John Wayne fan. How much he imitated his ( that of John Wayne ) mannerisms is open to discussion.
If you want to learn about hitting read as much about Ted Williams and absorb as much of what he said as possible. Ted Williams is by far the number one Authority on hitting and the smartest hitter there ever was!
Williams mother was an American of Mexican ancestry....he never made it public. The press in his time knew but thought it might hurt his popularity! The greatest hitter ever!
I just watched a documentary about Ted Williams not too long ago and you know what really surprised me about him was how fast he was period that tall man ran like a Giselle. Boy would I love to watch him play in person. The way he kept his Bat through the strike zone no one did it better
He talked about the negro league. If you ever get to Hot Springs, AR, look into their baseball history. That's where major league spring ball was held and the negro leagues played. There were 3 negro league world series held there. Babe Ruth played there as well as just about every famous player from back in the early 20th century played. Ted probably did as well. Hot Springs is really starting to embrace its connection to baseball history. I never knew about it until I visited recently. Good stuff. Ruth once hit a homer out of the park into Hot Springs famous alligator farm.
The Boudreaux shift took many hits away from Ted. I was a Yankee fan but when I saw how unfair it was I thought it should have been illegal . He hit so many line drives over the second baseman that they dropped him back into a type of short -field position where Ted could have been thrown out at first from short right field . Every good hitter undergoes some type of adjustment but it’s not so severe as “the shift”.
Dimaggio could never... NEVER... hit with Ted..Costas made sure the people listening knew that. Williams played 20 years Joe D 13...Williams was slammed by the press and it hurt him in MVP votes..Dimaggio was always jealous of Ted...Joe was a notorious cheapskate..Ted gave and gave to charity...Joe is a good player but Ted is The greatest Hitter ever...HANDS DOWN..
Well maybe the bset, hard to say any one other than Ruth but Foxx was id say better over all and if he took care of himself better would have played longer and hit well over 700 homers along with hitting for a high ave. The Beast was the perfect storm of Ave hitting and true POWER!
wrong...joe d could hit with anyone...was a better rbi man missed 3 plus years was just as good...ted walked more thats all he did joe hit more triples... what does being fruhgal have to do with joe being the best all around player...ted says it himself...more to game than just avg...thats why joe has 9 rings and teddy ZERO....
Do you think many MLB stars today would leave baseball to volunteer for the service and fight for their Country if war broke out? Ted Williams did. So did Bob Feller and many other MLB stars. As did Ben Hogan, Jimmy Stewart and Clark Gabel.
I always think it is cute when I see that clip of him as a young guy standing by DiMaggio. He is making eyes at some girl who walks by and you can clearly see him say, "Who is she?" I had a huge crush on Ted myself in the 50s.
I wonder what Ted would say about the belittling of the RBI. Ask a pitcher when they need their highest leverage pitches. It infuriates me how the statheads miss the most difficult thing to do: driving in the run.
@drewsamuels not sure exactly when that interview was done but probably around 93 or 94. At that time, in the 20th century, there would have been 9 or 10.
or the far more rattling, "Who got hit in the chin with more balls, Yogi Berra or Rock Hudson? " That was the "brush back pitch" delivered by Stern's flunky to which good ol' Ted really took umbrage
I READ A BOOK ABOUT HIM THAT MY DAD HAS PEG; HE WAS GOOD LOOKING AND HAD THREE BEAUTIFUL WIVES BUT THEY ALL DIVORCED HIM. EVIDENTLY NOT EASY TO GET ALONG WITH
@@benmiddleton9984 No, babe Ruth was number 1 on Ted Williams’ list in his 1994 book on the 20 greatest hitters. Joe DiMaggio was ranked 5 though. Here’s the list just for your reference: 20. Ralph Kiner 19. Mike Schmidt 18. Frank Robinson 17. Harry Heilmann 16. Mel Ott 15. Johnny Mize 14. Al Simmons 13. Tris Speaker 12. Mickey Mantle 11. Hank Greenberg 10. Willie Mays 9. Hank Aaron 8. Joe Jackson 7. Stan Musial 6. Ty Cobb 5. Joe DiMaggio 4. Rogers Hornsby 3. Jimmie Foxx 2. Lou Gehrig 1. Babe Ruth
When Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams are raving about getting a hit off of you. You are a fucking legend and by the way Willie Mays/Barry Bonds were the best but the best hitter is Ted Williams
Using a 162 game average, Ruth had more hits, triples, homeruns and RBI's. Williams had more doubles. Williams BA was 2 points better. Average AB's, Williams had one more. Williams had a slightly higher OBP, while Ruth had a slightly higher SLG and OPS. Williams had more walks and less strikeouts. Ruth averaged more TB's per year. They are 1 and 2. There really isn't a close 3rd.
Pat Seery was the 5th player to hit 4 in a game. The ones before him were Bobby Lowe, Ed Delahanty, Lou Gehrig and Chuck Klein. There have been 17 players to repeat the feat.
Ted was more than one of the great ball players, he was a war hero.
Marsha Evelyn Ted was known to turn atheist right about a year and a half b4 his death! Many Americans felt it was very strange
What does that have anything to do with him being a great ballplayer or a war hero??
Marsha Evelyn Well said.
Charles Orrell because many players were allowed to have show jobs and cushy postings.
I think he was an atheist way before that. I think they mentioned it last night on the doc about him.
Great ballplayer, great fisherman, great American war hero!!!🤩😍🥰❤️
Ted Williams was the REAL John Wayne
Of course baseball super nerd Bob Costas is right, as of 1993 12 players had hit 4 four home-runs in one game. Dude knows his stuff.
It is impossible to get tired of listening to Ted Williams talk baseball.
Sad thing is Ted Williams lost about 3 or 4 years in his prime enlisting in the military. That guy did it all, was a true American.
He was nearly as good of a fisherman as well. He’s in two fishing hall of fames!
Sitting in the middle of a lake outsmarting a carp is not impressive
yes that didnt help him win a world series
Shot down an insane number of fighter planes too. The man was damn good at almost everything.
@@r3tr0actiongamer24nothing about your life is impressive…and you know that. Why are you even talking?
I'm 45, uncle gave me a Sears Ted Williams glove when I was 8. Grandpa taught me about Ted who became my first baseball hero. My glove wore out & rotted away. I found another online and put pieces of the original inside when I restrung it. Every time I read or watch about Ted, the love of the game comes over me again. He sounds like John Wayne, hit more consistently than most anybody, fought in the War. What a legend. Costas rules.
Well said. Ted and Costas are indeed both legends in their own right.
Best Hitter I ever saw. Yes I did see him play when I was a kid. Great Hitter!
better than binds? and why?
bonds
@@aristamas4196
No steroids.
Williams is the greatest hitter ever. The combination of average and power are what make him the best.
Ruth's average is only 2 points lower and Ruth is still the most powerful hitter ever with a .690 slugging %, also the highest career OPS.
I watched almost every Costas show Best show ever aired Cried the day it ended
You cried the day the Bob Costas show ended?.............you....cried? Seriously?
@@r3tr0actiongamer24
Fk's your problem?
Blow me.
Ted was like a real life John Wayne. What a life this man lived.
not only a great ball player, but a fascinating, great man
forget you're looking at him, and listen to the voice and intonations: John Wayne
Thats why they called him the Dick, he was looked at sideways for a time in MA. Didnt tip cap
spit at fans etc.
@@stefanibadgley6186
Not that way any more, steffy.
Turns out he was better than all of em.
@@stefanibadgley6186 Maybe it's because he was in Massholechussetts
Not only did he sound like John Wayne but Ted Williams was the True Life John Wayne
What a class act. A real man.
A great ball player who didn't sugar coat his responses . Pure
I would've LOVED to sit next to this man on , each of us in a rocking chair on a country porch somewhere, with bottomless cold glasses of iced tea...and just listen to him talk about hitting, the great players he played with/against, and his unifying philosophy life and baseball(and they can often be the same thing)...for about six hours or so. Never to be. Great man.
Greatest pure hitter of all time by far
LOVED the old Ted Williams sets. Great cards, great players, just wonderful. Also love watching a Ted Williams interview; he just says whatever he's thinking, and it's unfiltered.
I'm a Yankees fan, but there was the best damn hitter that ever lived.
The Splendid Splinter.
Ted was Awesome... My Dad took me to see him at old Comiskey Park and I was only about 6 years old... he was the greatest hitter that I saw and a great fisherman!
I enjoy watching these videos, it's nice to find them on RUclips. :)
Thank you SO much for this gem, it really spoke to me.
Thank you for posting!! Joe DiMaggio -- in his 1986 interview with Don Henderson-Philadelphia Radio (here on YT) -- was so HIGHLY complimentary about Ted Williams. Joe called Ted the "greatest hitter" and said he wished that they were BOTH league MVP's in 1956 (56-game streak & .406 average).
1941, right?
Whoops!!!! Sorry! Thank you, mate!!
That's okay. I'm reading a bio on Ted now - by Leigh Montville. Very good so far.
I read "The Hero's Life" about Joe D. Very good book about a very complicated, enigmatic man. I'll check out the Montville book; thanks for the recommendation!!
Sure. and thanks for yours as well. I haven't read any of the DiMag bios.
"how many people ever did that"
"11 or 12"
"no i think its 4 or 5"
hahaha
At the time of this interview 11 players had hit 4 in a game.
Bob was wise not to argue lol.
@@verygreedy100 So true!
Costas was correct. Depending when this was taped in 1993, 11 or 12 had accomplished that feat.
It pains me to see these great ppl get so old, time is awful! IDK why life must be this way. Miss alot of the greats and all we have is this, and you can see what a shell his body is here even tho his mind is still there.
At times he sounds like John Wayne. Uncanny.
In his baseball autobiography, Ted Williams comments that when going to a movie theatre as a young man, he was a great John Wayne fan. How much he imitated his ( that of John Wayne ) mannerisms is open to discussion.
Costas let the man speak most never let that happen!
If you want to learn about hitting read as much about Ted Williams and absorb as much of what he said as possible. Ted Williams is by far the number one Authority on hitting and the smartest hitter there ever was!
Metaphor for just about everything. Thank you for this upload.
At the time of filming it was 11 lol. Love you Ted! Love you Bob!
Costas was that kid in school that yelled out the answer when the teacher asked a rhetorical question. “back to back no hitters”.
Love it Best interview ever
Williams mother was an American of Mexican ancestry....he never made it public. The press in his time knew but thought it might hurt his popularity! The greatest hitter ever!
Trae...Calm down, what about his character?
What ancestry was his father?
@@Benny.13 Welsh and Irish.
@@RELopez-mk4ic thanks wow cool mix!
Before you asked Ted Williams a question about anything, you had to think, "Can I handle the truth?"
Bob Costas is the best
I just watched a documentary about Ted Williams not too long ago and you know what really surprised me about him was how fast he was period that tall man ran like a Giselle. Boy would I love to watch him play in person. The way he kept his Bat through the strike zone no one did it better
Ruth was pretty good.
I don't know to whom to attribute this quote, but it was said, "Ted Williams is who John Wayne wanted to be."
1993? it looks like 70 years ago....Lol.. But thanks for posting this.
Ted was a real humble guy.
He talked about the negro league. If you ever get to Hot Springs, AR, look into their baseball history. That's where major league spring ball was held and the negro leagues played. There were 3 negro league world series held there. Babe Ruth played there as well as just about every famous player from back in the early 20th century played. Ted probably did as well. Hot Springs is really starting to embrace its connection to baseball history. I never knew about it until I visited recently. Good stuff. Ruth once hit a homer out of the park into Hot Springs famous alligator farm.
5:51 very humble moment by the greatest hitter of the modern era deflecting Costas compliment.
May wanna name your kid Ted ...they seem to stand out eh ⚾️⚾️⚾️
Ted, DiMaggio, Charlie Hustle all time top 3
My fathers first cousin....
Thanks for sharing this!
The Boudreaux shift took many hits away from Ted. I was a Yankee fan but when I saw how unfair it was I thought it should have been illegal . He hit so many line drives over the second baseman that they dropped him back into a type of short -field position where Ted could have been thrown out at first from short right field . Every good hitter undergoes some type of adjustment but it’s not so severe as “the shift”.
Dimaggio could never... NEVER... hit with Ted..Costas made sure the people listening knew that. Williams played 20 years Joe D 13...Williams was slammed by the press and it hurt him in MVP votes..Dimaggio was always jealous of Ted...Joe was a notorious cheapskate..Ted gave and gave to charity...Joe is a good player but Ted is The greatest Hitter ever...HANDS DOWN..
swamp music He's still alive
swamp music yep
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Well maybe the bset, hard to say any one other than Ruth but Foxx was id say better over all and if he took care of himself better would have played longer and hit well over 700 homers along with hitting for a high ave. The Beast was the perfect storm of Ave hitting and true POWER!
wrong...joe d could hit with anyone...was a better rbi man missed 3 plus years was just as good...ted walked more thats all he did joe hit more triples... what does being fruhgal have to do with joe being the best all around player...ted says it himself...more to game than just avg...thats why joe has 9 rings and teddy ZERO....
Do you think many MLB stars today would leave baseball to volunteer for the service and fight for their Country if war broke out? Ted Williams did. So did Bob Feller and many other MLB stars. As did Ben Hogan, Jimmy Stewart and Clark Gabel.
Thanks for sharing...
Ted reminds me of John Wayne !
Lou Gehrig and he was a superstar
On base average is the best of all time. Dam near .500. for 22 years!
best pure hitter ever.
Did Bob Costas hit a Home Run in any MLB game?..Sheeet... Bob Costas...a fan
I always think it is cute when I see that clip of him as a young guy standing by DiMaggio. He is making eyes at some girl who walks by and you can clearly see him say, "Who is she?" I had a huge crush on Ted myself in the 50s.
Even with that shift, he was still a beast
He was the best Damn hitter ever
actually he's more humble here than is often portrayed about him
ted was correct to vote for the great dimaggio as best player....no doubt in teds mind as he saw him play.....case closed...
No. Case is not closed.
You don't decide what's closed. I decide. You wanna close things? Start with your mouth. Zip it pinhead.
@@TheBatugan77 case closed.....stifle it
I wonder what Ted would say about the belittling of the RBI. Ask a pitcher when they need their highest leverage pitches. It infuriates me how the statheads miss the most difficult thing to do: driving in the run.
Williams is who John Wayne wanted to be." -- Sterling Hayden
Does anyone know where I can find the radio interview bob is talking about at the beginning?
LOL... 4 or 5? costas was all over that one when he said 11 or 12.
If Chuck Norris and Charlie Sheen had a baby it be Ted Williams.
A Williams, sold me a car 🚗 recently #truestory 😁😃🤣
Ted used to shoot pigeons at Fenway park I sold hotdogs as a kid there saw ted a lot
Roger Hornsby
If Ted hadn't lost 5 yrs to the Military.....his stats would have been more like .348 Lifetime Average with 680 HR's
@drewsamuels not sure exactly when that interview was done but probably around 93 or 94. At that time, in the 20th century, there would have been 9 or 10.
Everytime i watch a ted williams video i wait for stuttering john to walk in and ask if he ever farted in the catchers face!
or the far more rattling, "Who got hit in the chin with more balls, Yogi Berra or Rock Hudson? "
That was the "brush back pitch" delivered by Stern's flunky to which good ol' Ted really took umbrage
I READ A BOOK ABOUT HIM THAT MY DAD HAS PEG; HE WAS GOOD LOOKING AND HAD THREE BEAUTIFUL WIVES BUT THEY ALL DIVORCED HIM. EVIDENTLY NOT EASY TO GET ALONG WITH
Joe was not ted by any measures
Babe Ruth might have something to say about that.
thanks man
According to Ted Williams Babe Ruth was the greatest hitter ever.
donpjen515 joe DiMaggio actually
@@benmiddleton9984
No, babe Ruth was number 1 on Ted Williams’ list in his 1994 book on the 20 greatest hitters. Joe DiMaggio was ranked 5 though. Here’s the list just for your reference:
20. Ralph Kiner
19. Mike Schmidt
18. Frank Robinson
17. Harry Heilmann
16. Mel Ott
15. Johnny Mize
14. Al Simmons
13. Tris Speaker
12. Mickey Mantle
11. Hank Greenberg
10. Willie Mays
9. Hank Aaron
8. Joe Jackson
7. Stan Musial
6. Ty Cobb
5. Joe DiMaggio
4. Rogers Hornsby
3. Jimmie Foxx
2. Lou Gehrig
1. Babe Ruth
@cbarrett34 really? Seems like a great guy to me, a guy that knows baseball.
Some of you...
You know who you are...
Should be ashamed of yourselves.
When Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams are raving about getting a hit off of you. You are a fucking legend and by the way Willie Mays/Barry Bonds were the best but the best hitter is Ted Williams
Lou Gehrig.
Using a 162 game average, Ruth had more hits, triples, homeruns and RBI's. Williams had more doubles. Williams BA was 2 points better. Average AB's, Williams had one more. Williams had a slightly higher OBP, while Ruth had a slightly higher SLG and OPS. Williams had more walks and less strikeouts. Ruth averaged more TB's per year. They are 1 and 2. There really isn't a close 3rd.
Great interview. Mr. Costas was correct though, at the time, 11 guys had hit four homers in a game.
Exactly, Costas played that error on WIlliams part beautifully - he kept his mouth shut!
Pat Seery was the 5th player to hit 4 in a game. The ones before him were Bobby Lowe, Ed Delahanty, Lou Gehrig and Chuck Klein. There have been 17 players to repeat the feat.
no one beats Ty Cobb stats.
robert scherer ahh hmmm yeah so pete rose did! Have you ever farted in a coffee cup?
Yes. Lots of people do.
bob costas ruins watching these.
Ted Williams was extremely offish as a public personality. Not a jerk. Just not the public person. But he knew how to talk baseball.
@jesusisnotallright s
You're a classless duush.
Why is he talking to Costas? Costas is a punk!
You're a punk
Shut up. Or I'll shut you up.
Babe Ruth was a shit pile compared to Williams. Williams missed 5 years in his prime due to flying in the marines.
He’s Mexican