Quote of the day: Carl Yastrzemski on Ted Williams

Ted Williams, right, talking with Carl Yastrzemski in 1961

Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski on Hall of Famer Ted Williams:

“They can talk about Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby and Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio and Stan Musial and all the rest, but I’m sure not one of them could hold cards and spades to (Ted) Williams in his sheer knowledge of hitting. He studied hitting the way a broker studies the stock market, and could spot at a glance the mistakes that others couldn’t see in a week.”