Although salary figures from Williams' era are hard to find, from the best available evidence no one outearned Ted during the final twelve seasons of his career. In 1949 Williams and Joe DiMaggio both received raises to $100,000, the de facto salary cap for more than a decade.

The NL's two $75,000-plus players during this period were almost certainly Stan Musial and Willie Mays, with Warren Spahn the highest-paid pitcher. Published salary estimates from this period are so incomplete (and often so inaccurate) that it's hard to know who else broke the $50,000 barrier. Hank Aaron and Ernie Banks are strong candidates.

In recent years Ted Williams has joined a growing chorus calling for reinstatement of “Shoeless Joe” Jackson, banned from baseball for his alleged role in the throwing of the 1919 World Series. Jackson’s supporters gather each year at the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa to promote his cause.

The Vista House, constructed as a tourist center, is closed for repairs until next year, but when I pulled up this morning to enjoy the scenery from the overlook 700 feet above the Columbia, I was joined about about a dozen members of a local Model A Ford club ...

In a New York Times op-ed piece, sports economist Roger Noll noted that New York would save $70 million/year in interest costs by foregoing any stadium construction and just writing George Steinbrenner an annual $10 million check to remain where he is.