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Sweet spot: Baseball's last 400 hitter, Ted Williams, explains the science to Blue Jay slugger and first baseman John Mayberry at a special clinic held at the Dunedin training camp yesterday
Sweet spot: Baseball's last 400 hitter, Ted Williams, explains the science to Blue Jay slugger and first baseman John Mayberry at a special clinic held at the Dunedin training camp yesterday

Sweet spot: Baseball's last 400 hitter, Ted Williams, explains the science to Blue Jay slugger and first baseman John Mayberry at a special clinic held at the Dunedin training camp yesterday

Date3/9/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sweet spot: Baseball's last 400 hitter, Ted Williams, explains the science to Blue Jay slugger and first baseman John Mayberry at a special clinic held at the Dunedin training camp yesterday.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0089496F
    Tip from top: When former Boston Red Sox superstar Ted Williams (right) was in Toronto some time ago, he took time to explain batting theories to Star baseball writer Neil MacCarl who writes below of baseball's last 400 batsman
    Tip from top: When former Boston Red Sox superstar Ted Williams (right) was in Toronto some time ago, he took time to explain batting theories to Star baseball writer Neil MacCarl who writes below of baseball's last 400 batsman
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