The only Indian on the left side of the field was, un-ironically enough, the left fielder. Boudreau flushed 50 years of positioning precedent down the clubhouse toilet and stationed six of his defenders to Williams’ pull side. They say necessity is the mother of invention, but tell Maury Povich to get the DNA test ready, because desperation may be its Baby Daddy. So when Teddy Ballgame strode to the plate again, Cleveland Indians manager Lou Boudreau decided to pull the plug on all this pulling. He generated ungodly amounts of power and torque from his Icabod Crane frame by getting out in front of the ball and yanking it to the right side of the field. Williams, by preference, was an inveterate pull hitter. In the nightcap of a doubleheader in July 1946, Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams-aka The Kid, aka the Splendid Splinter, aka the Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived-dug his spikes into the batter’s box at Fenway Park and saw something between third base and second base that must have freaked him out.
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