Williams: “I don’t know. I don’t know if I’m up for it. I haven’t been up there in a long time.” Duquette: “Ted, you know you were the MVP of the last All-Star Game here in Boston.” ...

In the 1946 All-Star Game at Fenway Park, hometown hero Ted Williams crushed one of the strangest home runs ever seen in the Midsummer Classic. Having already hit a home run in the fourth inning ...

Shattering or equalling half-a-dozen All-Star slugging records, grim, determined and unshaven Ted Williams of the Red Sox led the American League to the most lopsided triumph of the 13-game series ...