Bob Greene : Discussion about Ted Williams ' remains is distasteful . `` The same skills that made him the best baseball hitter ever -- the eye , the coordination , the discipline -- are what he used to make himself an excellent combat pilot . '' Comment: Williams was baseball 's last .400 hitter and a veteran of two wars .
Bob Greene : Discussion about Ted Williams ' remains is distasteful . Comment: Williams was baseball 's last .400 hitter and a veteran of two wars .