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Come Fan with UsTuesday, July 7, 2026

FirstCuts: A Tasteless Ted Williams Shirt

Occasionally, we'll steal an extra special FirstCuts post or two for TSB consumption. This is one such post. Words by Vince Grzegorek.
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↵Six years. That's how long it's been since the unnecessary silly heated debate over the cryogenic freezing of Teddy Ballgame. Any logical person has long since lost interest in the story. Frozen, buried, cremated -- it's a discussion for lawyers and his family, not for fans. And the endless essays and opinions splayed around the internet and fish wrappers' column inches, well, we can all readily agree they couldn't end soon enough, right?↵

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↵↵So why, in the name of everything good, decent, and baseball, would anyone buy this shirt? ↵

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