Justin More no

[Rod & Wire Mill]

Phantom batting champ. Is a t---t.

[Legacy User]

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/29 ... s-20110929

Seventy years ago Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1941, Ted Williams confronted a similar situation, only much more historic in scope. The Splendid Splinter, a 23-year-old in his third year with the Boston Red Sox, entered the final two games of the regular season, a doubleheader, with a .3996 average. If he sat it out the rest of the way, as his manager Joe Cronin suggested, they would round his average off to .400.

Williams decided to play, saying, "If I can't hit .400 all the way, I don't deserve it."

Williams went six for eight, including a home run and a double. He ended up with a .406 average. Exactly 70 years have passed, and nobody has hit .400. It is both a baseball milestone and a monument to one of the greatest hitters ever.

It's one thing to rest if your team is playoff bound, but such was not the case here.

BTW, too lazy to do the math, but I heard the other day that this would be one of the few seasons in which any batting champion would hit under .320. Back in the day, before baseball was watered down, .320 might have gotten you barely into the top 10 in the league.

[Legacy User]

Morneau is a coward.

[bradshaw2ben]

I concur that it was a lousy move... but apparently his manager overruled his desire to play, so you can direct your venom at Weiss.