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CLEVELAND - 1947. Ted Williams takes a swing at a pitch during a game at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium in 1947. The catcher for the Indians is Al Lopez, in this first photo in a sequence. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images)

CLEVELAND - 1947.  Ted Williams takes a swing at a pitch during a game at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium in 1947.  The catcher for the Indians is Al Lopez, in this first photo in a sequence.  (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images)