the MLB promotion undercuts this recognition.

Lee's promotion is really just the overdue recognition of the job he was already doing. He has done an outstanding job of player contract negotiation, overseeing major league player movement and helping to shape the big league club.

In the era Ted first joined organized baseball, there was, as Ted noted in his autobiography, a great deal of prejudice against Mexicans,

I find it interesting that people of Latino origin are fascinated that Ted Williams is one of theirs.

A lot of relatives felt he was told to turn his back on his background by Eddie Collins and not acknowledge that part of his family,

More power comes on every day, and gas stations are open again with almost no lines.