At First I Was Going To Snark About The Buffalo NY Walk Of Fame That Started In Downtown And Then I Saw

Yep, that's Bill Rausch getting to his seat @thetonyawards. Time to get serious @americanrep. Rausch is in the house!

A great look at Ted Williams's swing.

From Ben Bradlee, Jr.’s “The Kid”:  Each Williams at bat was an event. Something between a hush and a buzz suddenly filled the air as the crowd shifted from a sort of auto-pilot engagement to edge-of-the-seat anticipation. “I was looking around for a story one day and someone said there was this blind guy on the first base line,” remembered Tim Horgan, who covered the Red Sox for the Boston Herald and then the Boston Evening Traveler in the 1950s. “I went up to the man and said, ‘Pardon me for asking but why do you come to the park? Why not listen to the game on the radio?’ He said, ‘I love the sounds of the game when Ted comes up.’”

(Photo: Ted Williams swinging in 1939, his rookie year with Red Sox. National Baseball Hall of Fame Library.)

‘Boston, Inspirational Women’

- Father-and-daughter photographers Bill Brett and Kerry Brett compiled more than 125 black-and-white portraits of women with Boston ties for their book “Boston, Inspirational Women." 

"Fifteen-minute rest stop, ladies." Some sisters I met along the road. #spiritual #journey?

All your #addictions taken care of in one stop. Also sold gas and had a beer distributor next door. I love #Pennsylvania #fireworks #lottery #cigarettes

Ted Williams: “I don’t guess what they throw.” 

An exclusive excerpt from “The Kid” by Ben Bradlee, Jr.:  Williams pioneered the use of a lighter bat—once considered heresy for sluggers—arguing that bat speed, not heft, was the key to power. His entire career, Ted studied pitchers intently for their tendencies, and quizzed hitters about what a pitcher threw to him in what situation. “Ted always said: ‘I don’t guess what they throw. I figure what they’re going to throw,’” says Tom Wright, a backup outfielder and pinch hitter for the Sox from 1948-1951.

(PHOTO: Ted Williams with the Minneapolis Millers, 1938. National Baseball Hall of Fame Library.)

Carl Hiaasen and John Grisham on a #bea14 and #bookcon panel. Fun stuff.

Ben Bradlee, Jr.’s “The Kid” is out. The reviews are starting to come in. The Associated Press review: 

“Absorbing…this is surely the definitive Ted Williams book. …Bradlee’s brilliant account is required reading for any Red Sox fan.  It’s also a fascinating portrait of a complex character that a baseball agnostic or even a Yankees fan will find hard to put down.” Full review here.

yes, yes they are... To quote Dorothy: That's what happens when you put all your eggs in one...

And then this happened. w/ @joanniejohnst and #babyelephant and #jeninepowerranger