false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174643574m/426199.jpg 426199 2 <P>Now available for the first time in years, <I>My Turn at Bat</I> is Ted Williams' own story of his spectacular life and baseball career.<P>An acclaimed best-seller, <I>My Turn at Bat</I> now features new photographs and, for the first time, Ted's reflections on his managing career and the state of baseball as it is played in the 1980s. It's all here in this brilliant, honest and sometimes angry autobiography -- Williams' childhood days in San Diego, his military service, his unforgettable major league baseball debut and ensuing Hall of Fame career that included two Triple Crowns, two Most Valuable Player awards, six batting championships, five <I>Sporting News</I> awards as Major League Player of the Year, 521 lifetime homeruns and a .344 career batting average. And Williams tells his side of the controversies, from his battles with sportswriters and Boston fans to his single World Series performance and his career with the declining Red Sox of the 1950s.<P><I>My Turn at Bat</I> belongs in the library of everyone who loves Ted Williams, baseball, or great life stories well-told.<P>Red Barber proclaimed <I>My Turn at Bat</I> to be: "One of the best baseball books I've ever read." John Leonard of <I>The New York Times</I> said <I>My Turn at Bat</I> was "unbuttoned and wholly engaging...the portrait of an original who is unrepentant about being better than anyone else."<P> 415253 15 3 1988 My Turn at Bat: The Story of My Life (Fireside Sports Classics) total:50|5:13|4:19|3:17|2:1|1:0| 50 194 63 2 0 0 false false Sun Feb 08 16:29:58 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 16:33:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Tue Jun 02 16:12:33 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 14:52:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 27 19:27:53 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 19:27:53 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 01:57:09 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 01:57:09 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Oct 18 23:10:09 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 23:10:09 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Oct 07 03:28:50 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 03:28:50 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Sep 27 13:24:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 13:24:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 15 09:51:15 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 09:51:15 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Aug 18 21:56:20 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 21:56:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 17 09:47:25 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 09:47:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 23 19:37:33 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 19:37:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 19 10:28:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 10:28:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jul 02 06:33:31 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 06:33:31 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jul 28 12:43:25 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 06:53:54 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 12:43:25 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri May 29 11:02:56 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 11:02:56 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue May 26 10:06:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 10:06:00 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu May 21 14:41:09 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 14:41:09 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sat Apr 18 14:31:13 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 14:31:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Mar 18 15:23:57 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 15:23:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Mar 16 21:32:23 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 21:32:23 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=426199