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LOVERRO: Ted Williams, the Senators and a father-son summer to remember

By Thom Loverro

Ex-homeless man with golden voice drops Ohio governor bid

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Ex-homeless man with golden voice: I’m running for governor

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FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, NBC sportscaster Bob Costas appears before a broadcast in Baltimore. Costas says the 2020 baseball season will be viewed by fans as unique, with .400 hitters and low ERAs rejected while no-hitters and four-home run games are accepted. (AP Photo/Gail Burton, File)

Is a 60-game MLB season, shortest since 1878, legitimate?

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

Man finally given discus medal he won in 1944 Drake Relays

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Bat gets autograph of Ted Williams in Chicago on Dec. 27, 1960, just like it might have if Ted were still a member of the Boston Red Sox. The retired Williams posed after signing a contract with a mail order firm, where he will serve as adviser in promotion and marketing of sports equipment. From left, George H. Struthers, vice president of Sears; Williams; Crowdus Baker, president; and Charles Kellstadt, board chairman. (AP Photo) **FILE**

Ted Williams’ marketing deal with Sears may have landed him Washington Senators job

By Thom Loverro

FILE - This May 23, 1941, file photo shows Ted Williams, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, at Yankee Stadium in New York City. A new film explores the life of baseball legend Williams who struggled with his Mexican-American heritage and his volatile relationship with his family and the press. The upcoming PBS &quot;American Masters&quot; documentary on the former Boston Red Sox slugger uses rare footage and family interviews to paint a picture of a complicated figure that hid his past but later spoke out and defended black players. (AP Photo/File)

Ted Williams’ Mexican-American heritage explored in PBS film

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

This Dec. 22, 2017, photo shows part of a letter in Biddeford, Maine,,written by Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams the day after he crash-landed his airplane during the Korean War. Thirty-eight letters from Williams to his girlfriend at the time are going to be auctioned on Jan. 3, 2018, at Saco River Auction in Biddeford. (AP Photo/David Sharp)

Letters describe slugger Ted Williams’ service in Korean War

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

In this Aug. 2, 2007, file photo, Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr waves to the crowd at Fenway Park in Boston, prior to a baseball game between the Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles. Doerr, a Hall of Fame second baseman who was dubbed the &quot;silent captain&quot; by longtime Red Sox teammate and life-long friend Ted Williams, has died. He was 99. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Bobby Doerr, Red Sox great, dies at 99

By Jeff Barnard - Associated Press

This photo taken in 2001, shows Dr. Thomas Ware in his office at Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dr. Ware served in the Navy from 1949-1953 as an aviation photographer and was stationed in Hawaii were he photographed Pearl Harbor several times and also baseball great Ted Williams. Ware followed baseball-great-turned-Navy-pilot Capt. Williams around Honolulu. The pictures are of special interest because they were taken by Ware, then a U.S. Navy photographer, who had been assigned the enviable task of documenting Williams' visit on his way to Korea. (Juliette Coughlin/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

Chattanoogan recalls day spent with baseball’s Ted Williams

By BARRY COURTER - Associated Press

In this December 2010 file photo, Ted Williams holds a sign advertising his smooth radio voice near a highway ramp in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Columbus Dispatch, Doral Chenoweth III, File)

Ted Williams, the once-homeless man with smooth voice, is back on the airwaves

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Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper walks back to the dugout after he popped out during the third inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, in Washington. The Orioles won 4-1. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Bryce Harper’s unique accomplishments have him square in MVP picture

By Todd Dybas - The Washington Times

Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper watches his sacrifice fly that scored Anthony Rendon during the third inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

LOVERRO: Bryce Harper’s recent success traces all the way back to Ted Williams

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2011, file photo, Ted Williams, a homeless man from Columbus, Ohio, whose deep, velvety voice and touching story prompted an outpouring of sympathy and job offers from across the country, is interviewed after his appearance on the NBC &quot;Today&quot; television show, in New York. Williams, said he plans to run for president as an independent. He announced his plan Tuesday, June 23, 2015, on Scott Spears’ “Now” radio program on WWGH-FM in Marion, Ohio. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Ted Williams, ex-homeless man with golden voice: I’m running for president

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FILE - In this July 29, 2007 file photo, Tony Gwynn holds his National Baseball Hall of Fame plaque during induction ceremonies in Cooperstown, N.Y. Gwynn, the Hall of Famer with a sweet left-handed swing who spent his entire 20-year career with the Padres and was one of San Diego's most beloved athletes, died of cancer Monday, June 16, 2014. He was 54. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

LOVERRO: Tony Gwynn was robbed, and so were we

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times