MCMXLII And Some Good News About Papi

Ted Williams of The Red Sox, was a Navy Combat Pilot in this War. He would be a Marine Combat Pilot in The Korean War. Who knows how many Homers he would've hit, had he not had commitments to the Military:

He might have passed Babe Ruth, had it not been for all that time in the Service. He got his only World Series Appearance in 1946, after WWII;

For, in 1999 at Shea Stadium, Both The Red Sox and NY Mets, staged a joint Tribute to "The Splendid Splinter", as he came out on a Golf Cart, and was feted. I was a bit Teary-Eyed that Night;

Big Papi Ortiz, a "Splended Splinter" in his own right, took 30 Pain-Free Swings, since recovering from Surgery on his wrist. It's a Good Sign of things to come;

Later!