Read more Ted Williams stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/14129/ted-williams.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:54:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70835/ted-williams-frozen-head-treated-like-a-baseball.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTed Williams’ frozen head has apparently not received the respect usually accorded to Hall of Famers. In a tell-all, a former exec at the cryogenic facility where the Red Sox slugger’s body resides writes that his severed head was propped up in a canister on a can of Bumble Bee...http://www.newser.com/story/70835/ted-williams-frozen-head-treated-like-a-baseball.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 9:21:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63101/mauer-has-a-real-shot-at-400.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOpponents don’t spend much time looking at the scouting report for Joe Mauer, because it shows that the Minnesota Twins catcher doesn’t strike out, doesn’t pop up, and has no holes in his swing—and that’s no misprint. That’s why Mauer, currently hitting .394, has a shot at being the...http://www.newser.com/story/63101/mauer-has-a-real-shot-at-400.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 13:51:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58449/bosox-star-dom-dimaggio-dead-at-92.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDom DiMaggio, the talented younger brother of Joltin’ Joe, died today at the age of 92, the Boston Globe reports. The former Red Sox center fielder went to the All-Star Game seven times in his 11-year career, and earned accolades from his contemporaries. Ted Williams called DiMaggio “the best leadoff...http://www.newser.com/story/58449/bosox-star-dom-dimaggio-dead-at-92.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 11:11:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49139/updike-an-author-hoping-to-talk-to-america.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn Updike, who died today at 76, was many things: Bob Ryan, in the Boston Globe , calls him the author of the “most spellbinding essay ever written about baseball.” For Carolyn Kellogg, in the Los Angeles Times , the first line of his story A&P displays a “durability that authors can...http://www.newser.com/story/49139/updike-an-author-hoping-to-talk-to-america.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Jan 2009 15:44:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/8793/oj-memorabilia-almost-worthless.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter O.J. Simpson's debacle stealing back his own signed footballs and photographs in Las Vegas, the Washington Post asks, just who would want it anyway? While the multibillion-dollar market for sports memorabilia booms, material from Simpson's career is nearly worthless—in fact, a Simpson-signed helmet will run you less...http://www.newser.com/story/8793/oj-memorabilia-almost-worthless.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Oct 2007 10:26:45 CDT