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Posted By: Ryan Christoff

Al,

Ted Williams was great, but he sure choked in the 1946 World Series. Of course, if he wasn't so stubborn he wouldn't have tried to hit directly into the "shift" and just poked a few singles into left field. Ted Williams being Ted Williams, he simply could not do it. I think he would have felt somehow like a coward or less of a man. I'm sure the Cardinals knew this and it played right into their hands.

Do I think less of Ted Williams due to his inability to perform in the clutch the one chance he had to win a championship? Yes. But he was no A-Rod.

I bet if he'd gotten into another World Series, or could have gone back in time and done 1946 all over again, he'd have sprayed a few singles down the third base line.

-Ryan