Coupla Teds

Although through the years he has become a punchline thanks to his drinking and accidentally killing women and failed presidential runs I think that if you were to study such things, of which my lazy ass never would, you'd probably find out that Teddy Kennedy is one of the great Senators of all time. Which I hope is brought up in this HBO doc instead of the usual Kennedy Curse stuff we've all heard 1000 times before.

There's also an HBO doc coming up about Ted Williams; this article list some fun facts from it:

1: Bob Feller comes up with the best description of what it was like trying to pitch to Williams: "Trying to sneak a fastball by Ted Williams was like trying to sneak a sunbeam past a rooster in the morning. It's not going to happen."

2: Williams had a distant relationship with his parents and, for most of his life, with his children. "I think Ted loved the idea of having a son more than having a son," reports writer Leigh Montville, one of his biographers.

3: "He used to take his bats to the post office and weigh them to make sure they hadn't gained an ounce of moisture," reports writer Richard Ben Cramer. "In the batter's box, nothing was beneath his notice. He had to be perfect."

4: Williams was fishing in the Florida Keys when his eldest daughter was born prematurely. He didn't bother to return home until he had enough fishing.

5: He missed three full seasons and most of two others in the prime of his career while flying in the Marine Air Corps in World War II and the Korean War. He flew so much training for Korea that his ears bled.

6: Joe DiMaggio was not a friendly rival. "Sure he can hit, but what has he ever won," DiMaggio is quoted by Ben Cramer. Williams never played on a World Series winner.

7: Williams, whose voice is used throughout the documentary, said he prayed to God only once in his life. It was as he was crash landing his plane, and there was plenty of profanity surrounding it. "This is the time old Teddy Ballgame needs you," he recalls.

8: Teammate Johnny Pesky refers to his friend as "the smartest, unhappiest player I ever saw."

9: Williams demanded a $10,000 pay cut for his final season with the Red Sox in 1960 because he didn't believe he earned his $100,000 salary the previous season.

10: He was voted Manager of the Year in 1969, his first with the Washington Senators and quit after the 1972 season, the franchise's first in Arlington. The Rangers are never mentioned in the

What's up with HBO and it's obsession with Teds? I know what you're thinking - is THIS GUY next??