Word: splintering
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Richard Corliss was right on the money in his article about baseball's Ted Williams [APPRECIATION, July 15], my choice as the greatest hitter ever. To do what the Splendid Splinter did over a long career is probably something that will never be repeated. As great a ballplayer as he was, though, he was an even greater American citizen. When his country needed him, he didn't shirk his duty, flying combat missions in two wars. The word hero is thrown around so much now that it has lost its true meaning. However, in the case of Williams, hero says...
...Williams. The Splendid Splinter. The greatest hitter who ever lived...
...transformation is still tricky, so Adams and his allies take it slow. O'Neill's statement didn't apologize for the hundreds of police and soldiers the I.R.A. has killed, which would have implied that their whole struggle was wrong, and would have caused defections to harder-line splinter groups. But now that the I.R.A. is in the business of expressing contrition, what practical role can it continue to play? As the peace process has stuttered on, even its enemies accepted it should be strong - to keep potential rebels in line and to stop weapons being turned to street crime...
They named a candy bar for Babe Ruth and a disease for Lou Gehrig. Ted Williams they just called names. Officially he was the Kid, the Splendid Splinter, Thumper, but the best ballplayer to make Boston his home received less flattering sobriquets from Red Sox fans at Fenway Park. That's what you get for refusing to tip your hat after a home...
...fidgeted with his cap, the president of the Boston Chamber of Commerce presented an inscribed Paul Revere bowl to him, and Gowdy, Red Sox announcer, called the Splinter the greatest hitter in baseball, “simply a champion...