Remembering Ted Williams 7/5/2002

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BILL FRAKES/SPORTS ILLUSTRATED		Remembering Ted Williams Photos of the 'Splendid Splinter,' who died July 5, 2002, at the age of 83 The Old Man and the Bat: Williams always had a contentious relationship to baseball. As a rookie, he told a sportswriter he'd rather be a fireman; after he retired in 1960 he spent much of his time away from the game fishing. But he was always drawn back, as a manager of two big league teams and as an exec for the Red Sox. In Boston, he never really went away.

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