The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams (135 page)

 
97
. Williams’s batting show at Fenway Park is based on interviews with Bill Zeigler, August 16, 2004, and Dick Billings, October 7, 2003, and the
Boston Herald Traveler,
August 26, 1972.

 
98
. Williams with Pietrusza,
Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures,
159.

Chapter 24: Young John-Henry and Claudia

 
1
. Letter from Ted to Dolores, March 15, 1974, made available to the author by Claudia Williams.

 
2
. Interview with Rob Kaufman, March 8, 2003.

 
3
. Interview with Bobby Doerr, June 24, 2012.

 
4
.
Sports Illustrated,
June 29, 1981.

 
5
. Interview with Mary Diver, August 21, 2005.

 
6
. Interview with Janet Franzoni, May 2, 2005.

 
7
. Interview with Rob Kaufman, March 8, 2003.

 
8
. Interview with Bob McWalter, September 17, 2002.

 
9
. Linn,
Hitter,
358 and 359.

 
10
.
Boston Globe,
March 28, 1982.

 
11
. Interview with Al Cassidy, November 18, 2005.

 
12
. Interview with George Sullivan, September 4, 2005.

 
13
. Ted Williams estate planning memorandum, February 8, 1990.

 
14
. Will McDonough 1967 interviews.

 
15
. Michelle Orlando MacIntyre,
A Red Sox Romance: Spring Training 1984,
private reflections on Michelle’s relationship with John-Henry, 27 and 43–44, made available to the author.

 
16
. Interview with Candace Orlando Siegel, January 11, 2006.

 
17
. Interview with Michelle Orlando MacIntyre, February 23, 2006.

 
18
. Interview with Brian Interland, May 18, 2005.

 
19
. Interview with Bob Long, March 25, 2005.

 
20
.
Boston,
November 1990.

 
21
. Interview with Ferd Ensinger, August 25, 2005.

 
22
. Interview with Chick Leahey, May 5, 2005.

 
23
. Interview with Elizabeth “Betty” Tamposi, October 21, 2005.

 
24
. Interview with John Winkin, September 6, 2005.

 
25
. Interview with Jim Vinick, May 18, 2004.

 
26
.
Boston Globe,
July 21, 2002.

 
27
. Interview with Manuel Herrera, October 29, 2002.

 
28
. Letter from Manuel Herrera to Ted Williams and Louise Kaufman, June 10, 1989.

 
29
. Interview with Salvador Herrera, November 3, 2005.

 
30
. Interview with Edna Herrera, November 4, 2005.

Chapter 25: The Fishing Life

 
1
.
Orange County Register,
July 11, 2002.

 
2
.
Boston Globe,
July 16, 1964.

 
3
.
Boston Evening American,
April 16, 1949.

 
4
.
Boston Herald,
April 27, 1969, as cited in Cataneo,
I Remember Ted Williams,
202.

 
5
.
Sport,
February 1952.

 
6
.
Popular Mechanics,
May 1989.

 
7
. Williams with Underwood,
My Turn at Bat,
163.

 
8
.
New York Times,
January 18, 1998.

 
9
. Prime and Nowlin,
Ted Williams,
171.

 
10
. Interview with Buddy Grace, August 13, 2004.

 
11
. Interview with Hank Brown, July 16, 2004.

 
12
. Interview with Frank Brothers, February 15, 2003.

 
13
. Interview with Dan Pitts, January 24, 2005.

 
14
. Interview with Millard Wells, April 14, 2004.

 
15
.
Sports Illustrated,
June 29, 1981.

 
16
. Interview with Gary Ellis, April 20, 2006.

 
17
.
Sporting News,
August 26, 1967.

 
18
.
Boston Globe,
July 5, 2002.

 
19
.
Sports Illustrated,
June 29, 1981.

 
20
.
Los Angeles Times,
November 17, 1977.

 
21
. Interview with Claudia Williams, March 28, 2005.

 
22
.
Sports Illustrated,
June 29, 1981.

 
23
. Interview with Jack Fenety, August 3, 2004.

 
24
. Interview with Jerry Doak, August 10, 2004.

 
25
. United Press International, February 6, 1971.

 
26
.
Popular Mechanics,
May 1989.

 
27
.
Bangor Daily News,
October 3, 1993.

 
28
.
Boston Globe,
July 7, 1978.

 
29
.
New York Times,
July 23, 1978.

 
30
. Interview with Sammy Lee, June 27, 2005.

 
31
. Interview with Edna Curtis, July 1, 2005.

Chapter 26: Being Ted Williams

 
1
.
Boston Phoenix,
April 12, 1983.

 
2
.
Chicago Sun Times,
March 14, 1978.

 
3
.
Washington Post,
March 21, 1978.

 
4
.
Boston Globe,
March 6, 1978.

 
5
.
Boston Herald,
May 30, 1984.

 
6
. Interview with James Vinick, May 18, 2004.

 
7
. Associated Press, March 5, 1986.

 
8
.
Boston Globe,
March 6, 1986.

 
9
.
Esquire,
June 1986.

 
10
. Interview with James Vinick, May 18, 2004.

 
11
. Interview with Ted Johnston, August 6, 2004.

 
12
. Interview with Frank Inamorati, September 2, 2005.

 
13
. Interview with Joe Rigney, August 27, 2005.

 
14
.
Chicago Tribune,
February 14, 1988.

 
15
. Interview with John Sununu, February 21, 2006.

 
16
. Interview with George H. W. Bush, March 3, 2006.

 
17
. Interview with Al Cassidy, October 9, 2002.

 
18
. Claudia Williams e-mail to the author, May 9, 2012.

 
19
.
Boston Herald,
November 11, 1988.

 
20
.
New York Times,
November 12, 1988.

 
21
.
Wall Street Journal,
February 10, 1989.

 
22
. Interview with Eddie Walsh, July 25, 2005.

 
23
. Interview with John Dowd, May 26, 2006.

 
24
. Interview with Jack Reardon, May 11, 2005.

 
25
.
Boston Globe,
May 12, 1991.

 
26
. Linn,
Hitter,
366.

 
27
. Ibid., 368.

 
28
. Engelberg with Schneider,
DiMaggio,
301.

 
29
. Vincent,
The Last Commissioner,
6.

 
30
.
Sporting News,
November 14, 1994.

 
31
. Vincent,
The Last Commissioner,
7–10.

 
32
.
Washington Post
and
USA Today,
July 10, 1991.

 
33
. Engelberg with Schneider,
DiMaggio,
301–2.

 
34
. Vincent,
The Last Commissioner,
11.

 
35
. Interview with John Sununu, February 22, 2006.

 
36
. Vincent,
The Last Commissioner,
12.

 
37
. Linn,
Hitter,
370 and 371.

 
38
. Letter from Ted Williams to Robert McWalter, December 19, 1991, courtesy of McWalter.

Chapter 27: Enter John-Henry

 
1
. Interview with Brian Interland, May 18, 2005.

 
2
. Interview with Claudia Williams, May 3, 2004.

 
3
.
Boston,
November 1990.

 
4
.
Boston Globe,
August 8, 1995.

 
5
.
Sports Illustrated,
May 20, 1991.

 
6
. Interview with Phil Castinetti, January 21, 2005.

 
7
. The trophies, described as being “on loan for permanent display,” were Williams’s 1946 and 1949 Most Valuable Player awards, his 1947 Triple Crown, and the Medal of Freedom presented to him in 1991 by President George H. W. Bush (Associated Press and
San Diego Union Tribune,
July 11, 1992).

 
8
. Linn,
Hitter,
371–73.

 
9
. Interview with Clifton Helman, December 7, 2005, and December 12, 2005.

 
10
. Interview with Rob Helman, December 12, 2005.

 
11
.
New York Times,
May 11, 1993.

 
12
. Interview with Bob Breitbard, October 23, 2002.

 
13
. Interview with Robert McWalter, September 17, 2002, and August 14, 2006.

 
14
. Interview with Bruce Porter, June 9, 2005.

 
15
. Interview with Tony Hammon, June 3, 2005.

 
16
. Interview with Barry Craig, August 15, 2005.

 
17
. Letter from Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell to Bob McWalter, August 24, 1993.

 
18
. Interview with Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell, May 5, 2004.

 
19
. Interview with Rob Kaufman, January 21, 2003, and March 8, 2003.

 
20
. Interview with Ferd Ensinger, August 25, 2005.

Chapter 28: Ted Failing

 
1
. Interview with Sammy Lee, June 27, 2005.

 
2
. Interview with Lynette Siman, January 8, 2003.

 
3
. Interview with George Carter, January 6, 2003.

 
4
. Interview with Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell, July 20, 2004.

 
5
.
Citrus County Chronicle,
February 10, 1994.

 
6
.
New York Times,
May 22, 1994.

 
7
. Ibid.

 
8
.
People,
March 13, 1995.

 
9
. Interview with Vicki Miranti, August 3, 2004.

 
10
. Tricia Miranti e-mail to the author, August 15, 2004.

 
11
. Interview with Claudia Williams, July 19, 2004.

 
12
. Interview with Eric Abel, August 10, 2004.

 
13
. Caretaker Frank Brothers told the author in an interview on March 27, 2006, that he once saw an American Express bill of $38,000 for one month in which John-Henry had bought an expensive underwater camera lens and other luxury items.

 
14
. Interview with Anita Lovely, August 2, 2006, and August 28, 2006.

 
15
. Interview with Robert McWalter, September 17, 2002, and August 14, 2006.

 
16
. Interview with Clifton Helman, December 7, 2005, and December 12, 2005.

 
17
.
Boston Globe,
April 18, 1994.

 
18
.
Boston Globe,
July 6, 1994.

 
19
.
Boston Globe,
July 29, 1994.

 
20
. Interview with Carol Southard, February 1, 2006.

 
21
. Interview with Claudia Williams, May 3, 2004.

 
22
. Interview with George Carter, January 6, 2003.

 
23
. Interview with Frank Brothers, March 27, 2006.

 
24
. Interview with John Sullivan, January 7, 2003.

 
25
. Interview with Judy Ebers, May 16, 2006.

 
26
. Interview with John Sullivan, January 7, 2003.

 
27
. Interview with Marion Corbin, June 1, 2004.

 
28
. Interview with Jim Corbin, June 1, 2004.

 
29
. Interview with Anita Lovely, August 2, 2006, and August 28, 2006.

 
30
.
Boston Globe,
December 16, 1995.

 
31
. Montville,
Ted Williams,
429.

Chapter 29: Hitter.net

 
1
.
Sports Illustrated,
November 25, 1996.

 
2
.
Daily Evening Item,
December 16, 1998.

 
3
. Ibid.

 
4
.
Lake Today,
December 1998.

 
5
. Interview with Brian O’Connor, April 13, 2005.

 
6
.
Boston Globe,
January 25, 1998.

 
7
. Interview with Phil Castinetti, January 21, 2005.

 
8
.
Boston Globe,
December 6, 1997.

 
9
.
Boston Herald,
March 10, 1998.

 
10
.
Boston Globe,
March 12, 1998.

 
11
. Interview with Dan Duquette, December 6, 2005.

 
12
. Interview with Nomar Garciaparra, November 8, 2012.

 
13
. McCain with Salter,
Worth the Fighting For,
214.

 
14
.
Boston Globe,
August 30, 1998.

 
15
. Interview with Larry Taylor, April 29, 2004.

 
16
. Interview with Claudia Williams, May 3, 2004.

 
17
. Walker,
A Whole New Ballgame,
7.

 
18
.
Boston Globe,
March 9, 1999.