Is anyone else incredibly disturbed at what is going on with Teddy Ballgame's dead body? This guy was one of the greatest players ever. Let him rest in peace, yes it is his horrible what his children are doing to his body but we dont need to know every wretched detail. It makes me sick, let him rest.
the media only reports stories that are nice and stupid so they can appeal to all of the morons. For instance, on Fox Sports Net they do a show called 'Beyond the Glory'. It shows some skeletons in the closet of many athletes. Unfortunately they choose morons like Mike Tyson, to do shows about. They never do a show (also the media never does a story) on David Robinson, an amzaing player who never does anything wrong and is really classy.
All i know is that i could care less about mike tyson.
Sorry to get off topic, but i guess i never mentioned that i agree with terpy about the whole Ted Williams thing.
it just keeps getting worse...........
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Quote:The shocking Ted Williams tale just gets more and more sordid.
Larry Johnson, the former COO of Alcor Life Extension Foundation who blew the whistle on the company over its treatment of the Hall of Famer's remains, admits that he briefly posted a photograph of Williams' severed head on his Web site this week. He also asked for "donations" to view it and others, the New York Daily News reported Saturday.
Johnson claims he posted the photo only to draw attention to Williams' plight and to help pay his mounting legal bills.
"In retrospect, I regret putting the pictures on the Web site," Johnson told the Daily News Friday. "There was a series of photos, but only one was of Ted and that wasn't identified. It was a mistake. But at the time, I wanted to educate the public as to what goes on at Alcor and what Ted went through, and I was hoping to get some donations to help me out."
Johnson leaked details of Williams' treatment in a Sports Illustrated report this week. Johnson told SI that he came forward because of the horrific conditions in which Williams' body is stored and the unethical practices of Alcor.
He told the Daily News that he is cooperating with authorities who are investigating Alcor and has received death threats since the Sports Illustrated article appeared.
"Ever since this broke I've had to move from my home," Johnson said to the paper. "They (Alcor) let everyone know where I live and now I'm getting death threats. So I'm doing my Saddam Hussein routine, moving from place to place."
Johnson told the paper that he could have sold his story and the photos to a number of publications but went to SI because it is a "reputable magazine that has a national circulation that could get the story out there. I got nothing for it."
The Daily News reported in February that Williams' close friend Buzz Haymon had visited the cryonics lab and was shocked at the conditions in which the body was stored.
"All I want is Ted's body to come home," he said this week to the paper. "Then we would all have closure."
After that, i dont see how this whole situation could get any more out of hand.
Unbeleivable! :eek: :rolleyes:
You know, watching old footage of Ted Williams and seeing his career stats makes you realize just how special he was as a pure hitter and great athlete. More than that, he was a hero in my eyes because he gave up a few years of his fame and glory to fight for his Country (I believe he was a pilot).
The last image I had of him (probably like many of you as well) was him riding onto the field at the All-Star game and all the players gathered around him paying homage.
Now we have to read about crap like this!! This is one of the most pathetic stories I've heard about in all my life!
Herd Fan 4-Life Wrote:More than that, he was a hero in my eyes because he gave up a few years of his fame and glory to fight for his Country (I believe he was a pilot).
Yup, he gave up years of his career to serve as a pilot two different times during his career, during WW II and Korea. I believe I have heard it said that he was nearly as great a fighter pilot as he was a baseball player because of his great eye sight.
It really is sad what is going on with him right now. It is hard to believe that his children (especially his son) would be so selfish in dealing with this great man's death.