ramsfan125
08-15-2002, 02:58 AM
I know baseball has more things to worry about then the deceased body of one of their great players, but the Ted Williams controversy is one of the most disturbing things I ever heard.
If you have been sleeping under a rock for the last few months, Teddy Ballgame passed away recently. His will read that the great slugger desired to be cremated, and to have his ashes spread across the Florida Keys. But then stepped in Boston Red Sox rookie leaguer and son of the legend, John Henry Williams. John Henry, 33 I think, insisted that Ted desired to be cryogenically frozen, so that in the future, he could possibly be reunited with his son and daughters through cloning in the future. From the getgo, everybody believed this was just a bunch of lies, and it's about the same now.
John Henry Williams has earned God-knows-how-much money from being Ted Williams' son. His landing a rookie league deal with the Sox despite never playing baseball in high school or college (he has since reitred from the job, after getting injured and going 0 for 6). Ted didn't wear a Red Sox cap at the 1999 All-Star Game. Do you know why? It was for John Henry's website. That's just one example. The greatest hitter who ever lived is at 140 degrees below zero or something like that upside down in a lab in Arizona. His daughter, who is opposed to the freezing said that it could have been unfrozen by touching the cube with the tip of her fingernail.
What was meant to be evidence in the favor of John Henry and his sister, who both support the freezing, became for me a final clue that Ted did not want to be frozen and John Henry simply plans to sell DNA for another way to litterally sell his dad out. John Henry found a note written by Teddy Ballgame stating he wanted to be frozen so he could be reunited with his children. It sound nice in theory, no question.
First of all, where did John Henry suddenly find this evidence? Why of course, where all important documents are stored, in his car's glove compartment. And was it a nice and clean note on perfect stationery to make it look more authentic? Of course not, it was messy with ink stains all over it.
This is a sad thing, and I was born more than 30 years after his last game. I was not signifigantly affected by Ted Williams. But that something that seems simple is not being done apparantly for money is something that made me think. Are things so bad in the world a person can't even DIE right?
If you have been sleeping under a rock for the last few months, Teddy Ballgame passed away recently. His will read that the great slugger desired to be cremated, and to have his ashes spread across the Florida Keys. But then stepped in Boston Red Sox rookie leaguer and son of the legend, John Henry Williams. John Henry, 33 I think, insisted that Ted desired to be cryogenically frozen, so that in the future, he could possibly be reunited with his son and daughters through cloning in the future. From the getgo, everybody believed this was just a bunch of lies, and it's about the same now.
John Henry Williams has earned God-knows-how-much money from being Ted Williams' son. His landing a rookie league deal with the Sox despite never playing baseball in high school or college (he has since reitred from the job, after getting injured and going 0 for 6). Ted didn't wear a Red Sox cap at the 1999 All-Star Game. Do you know why? It was for John Henry's website. That's just one example. The greatest hitter who ever lived is at 140 degrees below zero or something like that upside down in a lab in Arizona. His daughter, who is opposed to the freezing said that it could have been unfrozen by touching the cube with the tip of her fingernail.
What was meant to be evidence in the favor of John Henry and his sister, who both support the freezing, became for me a final clue that Ted did not want to be frozen and John Henry simply plans to sell DNA for another way to litterally sell his dad out. John Henry found a note written by Teddy Ballgame stating he wanted to be frozen so he could be reunited with his children. It sound nice in theory, no question.
First of all, where did John Henry suddenly find this evidence? Why of course, where all important documents are stored, in his car's glove compartment. And was it a nice and clean note on perfect stationery to make it look more authentic? Of course not, it was messy with ink stains all over it.
This is a sad thing, and I was born more than 30 years after his last game. I was not signifigantly affected by Ted Williams. But that something that seems simple is not being done apparantly for money is something that made me think. Are things so bad in the world a person can't even DIE right?