The genius of Ted Williams

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Scott Birdby Scott Bird | March 14, 2007
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Ted WilliamsThe Genius in all of us - an excellent blog - is calling for stories on ‘born geniuses’ who have reached an almost mythic status over the years. The example given is the superb hitter Ted Williams, who was often credited with having almost superhuman eyesight.

In his own words :

Sure, I think I had good eyesight, maybe exceptional eyesight, but not superhuman eyesight. A lot of people have 20/10 vision. The reason I saw things was that I was so intense…it was discipline, not super eyesight.”

As writer David Shenk points out,

Built-in ability is nice, but acquired ability is inspirational.

A great thought. Who else should be added to the list?

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1

In a game where good players average around 40.00, great players average 50.00 and once-in-a-lifetime players average 60.00 then who else can you put in the list apart from the greatest cricketer to ever live: Don Bradman. Batting average: 99.94. Unbelieveable.

Posted by: David Hinchliffe - Cricket Fitness | March 14, 2007 8:25 PM

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Definitely. As with Williams, there are plenty of ‘He was good because…’ theories around, but it comes down to the same thing - a bit of ability and an incredible amount of work to make the most of it.

Posted by: Scott | March 14, 2007 11:49 PM

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