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The Kid: Ted Williams in San Diego | 
 enlarge | Author: Bill Nowlin
Publisher: Rounder Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 548014
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7.6 x 1.5
ISBN: 1579400949
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357092
EAN: 9781579400941
ASIN: 1579400949
Publication Date: April 25, 2005
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Product Description
The Kid portrays the life of Hall of Fame baseball player Ted Williams before he made it to the majors. The book digs into Ted's high school baseball and the semipro games he played on the sandlots with more detail than any full-life biography could hope to offer. Contains extensive accounts of his three seasons in organized ball, before his major league debut in 1939.
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Great information, but...... February 17, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was a very pleasant surprise. It is one book that details his early years in San Diego. Reading of Ted's high school games, tournaments, the PCL, his exibition games in SD, etc, was great. Unfortunately the second half really bogs down with some information that I was not interested in. Researching the origins of his family; the father's military and work record; etc. were not the things I was looking for. Too much time was spent debating the years his parents were born - and then never really coming to a conclusion. Again, there was too much in the second half of the book that was of very little interest to me. I would rate the first half of the book 5 stars. The second half detracts from the book.
I would read it again January 2, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ive read 8 books in the last year about ted williams and I found that this book doesnt talk as much about his life but more of his statistics throughout his years in the PCL , AA , HS , and MLB. It is amazing that they were able to find the statistics they did for his highschool days and the few tournaments he played in. But if you are going for a more complete book about his life I would go with Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero by Leigh Montville.
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