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Don't stain the service records of true HEROES Ted Williams and Bob Feller....

Author: Nigel Tufnel (8035 Posts - Original UHND Member)
Posted at 8:54 am on Jan 23, 2021
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...by mentioning them with Joe DiMaggio.

DiMaggio - ever the small, bitter fuck of a human being that he was - loathed his military service. He served exclusively stateside as a PR tool, and complained to anyone who would listen about all of the money he was losing out on.

Bob Feller, as an only child, had a family-related draft exemption that he could have exercised to get him out of service. At the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, Feller was already a star, with six years in the MLB. A true child prodigy, he was on the cover of Time magazine at the age of 17. He was so incensed by the Pearl Harbor attack that he enlisted the day after the attack, the first MLB player to do so. He served nearly four years an anti-aircraft gun commander on the USS Alabama. When he once complained about his Hall of Fame plaque making no mention of his 1941-45 service time, only to be told by commissioner Peter Ueberroth that it would be "inconvenient" to change it, Feller replied with characteristic bluntness: "Well, it was inconvenient to get shot at, too."

Ted Williams was not happy to be drafted, but when the decision was made, he served honorably. During WWII he displayed such skill during his pilot training that he was made a trainer himself. Later - in another move he fought - he was drafted to serve in Korea, where he piloted 37 combat missions, took on enemy fire and crash landed, and also flew numerous missions as John Glenn's wingman. “Ted flew as my wingman on about half the missions he flew in Korea,” Glenn told MLB.com. “(During his crash) he was on fire and had to belly land the plane back in. He slid it in on the belly. It came up the runway about 1,500 feet before he was able to jump out and run off the wingtip.

“Much as I appreciate baseball, Ted to me will always be a Marine fighter pilot.”

Feller and Williams served with honor and distinction. DiMaggio - not so much.

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Replies to: "Don't stain the service records of true HEROES Ted Williams and Bob Feller...."

  • Since there is no Open Forum, I'll post this here............ - ELP - 11:04am 1/22/21 (45) [View All]
    • Post in the hoopty [NT] - holybull101 - 8:48pm 1/22/21
    • He got the COVID vaccine 2 weeks ago in hopes it would encourage AAs to take it. - NDavenue - 6:50pm 1/22/21
      • He was relatively healthy prior to inniculation.., - ripperduck - 3:13pm 1/23/21
      • He just died in his “sleep” as they say -and are saying. Very suspicious [NT] - whatsamataU - 8:45am 1/23/21
        • I'm no doctor but it sounds like a possible heart attack. 86 years old not that suspicious. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 1:15pm 1/24/21
      • RFK Jr. is already using his death to promote his bat shit crazy theories. [NT] - AlbanyIRISH - 7:38am 1/23/21
        • Fuck off, ahole. It's apparent you haven't paid attention.. [NT] - ripperduck - 2:58pm 1/23/21
    • who's better Aaron or mays? [NT] - Hank the Tank - 1:13pm 1/22/21
      • Ted Williams [NT] - AlbanyIRISH - 10:24pm 1/22/21
        • Now there was a huge ego. [NT] - whatsamataU - 8:48am 1/23/21
      • Roy Hobbs, better than both. [NT] - whatsamataU - 4:48pm 1/22/21
        • Re: BS [NT] - Hank the Tank - 9:47pm 1/22/21
          • Never heard of him! [NT] - whatsamataU - 11:59am 1/23/21
            • He damn near got Jodi Ariased.... [NT] - ripperduck - 2:55pm 1/23/21
        • Book Roy Hobbs or movie Roy Hobbs? [NT] - Napoleon - 5:51pm 1/22/21
          • Movie. Book he strikes out.... [NT] - ripperduck - 3:14pm 1/23/21
            • Hence, my question. [NT] - Napoleon - 8:22am 1/24/21
        • Naturally... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 4:53pm 1/22/21
          • I always wanted to be a farmer. Ironically not now with Biden taking over. Wasn't Biden an All - THEISMANCARR - 8:49pm 1/22/21
            • Be the tax man! [NT] - whatsamataU - 8:47am 1/23/21
      • Ruth the best of all time IMO. Aaron great in home run parks. Mays great in non home run park, also - THEISMANCARR - 3:07pm 1/22/21
      • Anyone claiming Aaron was better, either had him as an idol, or is being a prisoner of the moment. - Irish_Demon - 2:18pm 1/22/21
        • The glamour era of baseball was the early to mid-late 50's. Only eight teams in each league, the - THEISMANCARR - 3:26pm 1/22/21
          • It goes hand in hand with what you're saying, it was a common phrase to refer to a team as a , - cubsfanin16 - 3:39pm 1/22/21
            • Actually the era after World War II was pretty darn glamorous with guys like Ted Williams, Bob - THEISMANCARR - 3:49pm 1/22/21
              • Don't stain the service records of true HEROES Ted Williams and Bob Feller.... - Nigel Tufnel - 8:54am 1/23/21
                • You're right I should not have done that, DiMaggio was a true ass and I debated with myself as to - THEISMANCARR - 2:08pm 1/23/21
              • Let's not confuse the sacrifices between William's and DiMaggio. - AlbanyIRISH - 7:45am 1/23/21
              • Hank Greenberg belongs in that company too, Ive read books on both - cubsfanin16 - 7:28pm 1/22/21
              • I agree, they were more glamorous. And to take that it a step further - Irish_Demon - 5:13pm 1/22/21
        • Yeah parks make a huge difference. Deron Johnson in an interview said if Mantle would have played in - THEISMANCARR - 3:10pm 1/22/21
      • Both are all-time greats - Mark - 2:02pm 1/22/21
        • Based on what, exactly? - jakers - 10:25pm 1/22/21
      • I think Willie arguably is best all around ballplayer ever, BUT - cubsfanin16 - 1:50pm 1/22/21
        • he was in NY, of couse he gained much of the national press. - Hank the Tank - 2:11pm 1/22/21
          • As i said, I'd go with Willie, it was delineated well by other poster [NT] - cubsfanin16 - 3:02pm 1/22/21
            • and I would go with Hank Aaron [NT] - Hank the Tank - 1:34pm 1/23/21
              • Understandable since you grew up with him as an idol [NT] - Irish_Demon - 6:09pm 1/23/21
                • Of course! [NT] - Hank the Tank - 8:13pm 1/23/21
    • Rest in peace Hammerin' Hank. [NT] - AlbanyIRISH - 12:32pm 1/22/21
    • All news sources are just now reporting it. RIP Hammerin’ Hank! [NT] - jimbasil - 11:16am 1/22/21
    • Here's a link for it [NT] [LINK] - Irish_Demon - 11:07am 1/22/21
      • Thanks guys. Hank was a terrific ambassador for baseball and our nation. RIP [NT] - ELP - 11:22am 1/22/21
        • None better. Great guy as well. [NT] - Aragoto - 11:51am 1/22/21
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