With the World Series just around the corner, and what would November be without the boys of summer?, I was a thinking of the Splendid Splinter, Boston Red Sox superb star Ted Williams. Last I heard of the greatest hitter in the history of the game, the last man to hit over .400, he was being stored in a freezer at Alcor Life Extension Foundation [a divison of Fly-By-Night-Enterprises] in Scottsdale, Arizona. Alcor is a company that stores corpses in the hope that in the future they can be brought back to life through the science of cyronics.
Larry Johnson was the CEO of the company for 8 months before he became a whistleblower and wrote a book, titled Frozen. The New York Daily News reports that employees at the plant took liberties with the Hall of Famer's remains, crudely severing Teddy Ballgame's frozen head from his body and balancing it ever so gently on a tun can. They also used his head for posed photos and batting practice. All good fun.
It isn't all bad; the hottest Hallowe'en costume in New England this year is the headless Ted Williams costume. The greatest hitter ever is now the greatest costume ever. Carrying his head in a jar, of course.
http://www.unathleticmag.com/2009/10/19/ted-williams-just-became-the-best-halloween-costume-of-the-year/
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