Tuesday, January 24, 2012

THERE GOES TED WILLIAMS book giveaway!

My next book, There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived, comes out just three weeks from today! I have a few advance copies, and thought it would be fun to give one away.

To enter, just leave a comment on this post anytime between right now and Friday night, January 27. In your comment, please answer this question:  

Who do you think is the greatest hitter who ever lived? 

Of course, if you don't know or don't have an opinion, that's okay too. Any comment enters you to win. No baseball knowledge required! (You can always just write "Ted Williams"!) Looking forward to seeing people's answers.

I'll announce the winner here on Saturday. I'll also post it on my facebook page and on twitter. So check back on Saturday to see if you won! And if you're on facebook and/or twitter and haven't liked/followed me, please do!

Thanks, and good luck!

33 comments:

  1. Of course the greatest hitter is Ted Williams!!!!

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  2. None other than Ted Williams, no matter what anybody else says!

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  3. Ok, that question is hard - Ted Williams, certainly, but I think maybe Hank Aaron could get in there too , but you know I will always go Red Sox

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  4. Well, since I know next to nothing about baseball, but REALLY love reading books about baseball...especially books about baseball written and illustrated by Matt Tavares....I'm going to go with "Ted Williams was the greatest hitter ever!"

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  5. Well ... MUST be Ted Williams of course. ;)

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  6. Babe Ruth. Despite my Sox-loving heart, Babe Ruth was the greatest hitter ever. And I give Lou Gehrig bonus points for being nearly as good as Ted and for keeping it going for so long. I mean, he had more career RBIs than Ted and hit AFTER the Babe! (Doesn't make me sound like a Sox fan, does it? I swear I am.)

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  7. Hmmmm. Hard to argue againts Ted Williams, but as a Yankee fan, I would be remiss if I didn't mention Joltin' Joe Dimaggio. I also think Rod Carew is underrated, but he didn't have the power.

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  8. Hey, some good answers already! Henry Aaron definitely gets points for being consistently excellent for such a long time. Interesting that early in his career, people thought he'd be the first since Ted Williams to hit .400. Nobody expected he'd end up breaking Babe Ruth's 714 home runs!

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  9. ...And I can definitely see DiMaggio being right up there in the "all-around player" category.

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  10. I know I should say Ted Williams...but seeing Hank Aaron play, I'd have to say him...although...Yaz was great too! So many greats!!!

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  11. That's tough. Ted Williams is definitely up there.

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  12. Mike Greenwell?? ;)

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  13. Yes Mike, Greenwell is definitely in the discussion! Bo Jackson too!

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  14. Ted Williams for the win!

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  15. From my son...Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, or Josh Gibson.

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  16. Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Joltin Joe.....the discussion could go on and on for many hours! Your are a wonderful author and allow us the gift of your illustrations~thank you!

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  17. Add me!! My 4 year old nephew would love it. Best, Mary

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  18. It's has to be Ted Williams! Judy O

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  19. You'd have to live in a tunnel to not know that Ted Williams is the greatest ballplayer ever. Unless you live in the Ted Williams Tunnel, of course. -Betsy

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  20. My gut goes with the Babe. HOWEVER, I was named after Mickey Mantle, so I believe I'll cast a vote for the Mick. My father was a great lover of baseball, particularly of the Bronx Bombers, so I'm named after the Mick, I have a sister named after Joltin' Joe, and another sister named after pitcher Allie Reynolds. I wish my dad was here to cast his vote. I'm sure he would have loved your books as I do. Can't wait for the next one!

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    1. Hey, I would have done that, but my wife just wouldn't go for naming our daughters Nomar and Pedro! Thanks for your kind words about my books. Tough to argue against the Babe. I feel like he's in his own category. The game was completely different after he came along. Not to mention he was one of the best pitchers in baseball before he became a full-time outfielder!

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  21. Joan Joyce - maybe best known as the pitcher who struck out Ted Williams, but also a great hitter too. She'd be a great subject for your next book!

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  22. hhmmmm..my son Aidan seems to think it's his big brother because we all kinda go crazy at his ball games. So, next to Ted Williams, we vote for Liam.

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  23. Thanks everyone for the awesome answers! Melissa, I had never heard of Joan Joyce before. Wow, she was amazing! A 0.09 career ERA and 150 no-hitters?! I'm guessing she's the Greatest Softball Player Who Ever Lived. And there weren't many big league pitchers who could strike out Ted Williams!

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  24. Okay, time to choose the winner. My random number generator picks number 7, so that means the winner is...

    Alison Kolani! (Despite your very Yankee-centric answer!) But yeah, I guess Babe Ruth was pretty good too...

    Thanks to everyone who entered. I just got a new stack of books in the mail, so maybe I'll do this again soon.

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