I watched HBO’s Ted Williams documentary today, and they did a segment about Williams & DiMaggio, and talked about how Williams sucked in his only World Series (which was played right after he got beaned in the elbow during an exhibition game that the Sox played to keep fresh b/c the NL season went 3 weeks longer than the AL season – how crazy is that?). Anyway, the documentary presented all this mumbo-jumbo about how Williams was a great hitter, and he had great moments in the All Star Game, etc. but he didn’t make his teammates better the way DiMaggio did. Then, they didn’t have anyone refute any of this – nobody pointed out that Williams’ didn’t get to play for the Yankees with their stacked lineup and good pitching staff, or that Williams was almost literally twice as good a hitter as DiMaggio, and besides that was a far better person.

It drove me absolutely insane. For someone who retired almost 50 years before I was even born, I really hate Joe DiMaggio – everything I’ve ever heard/read about him makes him sound like a contemptible prick, yet the media’s love of him led them to antagonize first Ted Williams and later Mickey Mantle to the point that their legacies suffer in comparison, despite the fact that both were far better baseball players (not that DiMaggio wasn’t great, but overrated he always has been.)

They’ve only put him in opportunities to fail since they signed him. I mean just imagine if he hadn’t been rushed and was able to cultivate some skills in Rookie ball and Low A. Instead, he was forced to sink or swim in AA and AAA. Tony Bernazard truly is the gift that keeps on giving.

like last year he did a thing on the different types of spikes/cleats guys wore. That was cool. It’s when he puts his own opinion into things that he shows his idiocy.