03611cam a2200505 4500 588871996 TxAuBib 20220723120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781478926658 1478926651 fbed7841-1e9b-48b5-8a4e-68cb26d0eb67 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1372699 OverDrive (Product ID) 9781982516178 9781982516178 TxAuBib Bradlee Jr., Ben. The Kid [Bridges Audiobook] : The Immortal Life of Ted Williams. Hachette Audio, 2013. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 968MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 968MB. books about boston sports. definitive baseball book. world war ii biography. american sports legend. best baseball books. baseball biography. baseball legend. Ted Williams. baseball. red sox. Boston. HTML:<p><b>From acclaimed journalist Ben Bradlee Jr. comes the epic biography of Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams that baseball fans have been waiting for.</b><br /> Williams was the best hitter in baseball history. His batting average of .406 in 1941 has not been topped since, and no player who has hit more than 500 home runs has a higher career batting average. Those totals would have been even higher if Williams had not left baseball for nearly five years in the prime of his career to serve as a Marine pilot in WWII and Korea. He hit home runs farther than any player before him — and traveled a long way himself, as Ben Bradlee, Jr.'s grand biography reveals. Born in 1918 in San Diego, Ted would spend most of his life disguising his Mexican heritage. During his 22 years with the Boston Red Sox, Williams electrified crowds across America — and shocked them, too: His notorious clashes with the press and fans threatened his reputation. Yet while he was a God in the batter's box, he was profoundly human once he stepped away from the plate. His ferocity came to define his troubled domestic life. While baseball might have been straightforward for Ted Williams, life was not.<br /> <i>The Kid</i> is biography of the highest literary order, a thrilling and honest account of a legend in all his glory and human complexity. In his final at-bat, Williams hit a home run. Bradlee's marvelous book clears the fences, too.</p>. Sports & Recreations. Nonfiction. Media Type: Audiobook. The New York Times Best Seller List. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-21 20:00:02. Mallow, Dave. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1138-1/1372699-TheKid.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1138-1/1372699-TheKid.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=FBED7841-1E9B-48B5-8A4E-68CB26D0EB67&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1138-1/1372699-TheKid.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1138-1/1372699-TheKid.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=FBED7841-1E9B-48B5-8A4E-68CB26D0EB67&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)