Ted Williams, the Chapel Hill Cloudbusters and a forgotten summer of baseball

Posted Nov 9, 2018
Ted Williams stepped out of the batter’s box, looked the Norfolk Airmen pitcher in the eyes and made a bold prediction. “You put it across the plate,” Williams said, loud enough to be heard around the ballpark, “and I’m going to put it on top of that building over yonder.” Williams, an all-star with the Boston Red Sox, had pointed toward Lenoir Hall in the middle of the UNC campus. (UNC.edu)

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