Ted Williams severed head mutilated and used for batting practice

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  1. drexlersdad

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    http://m.si.com/news/tr/tr/detail/1911073

    morbidly funny while being a great violation to his family. Not sure what to think except his family should be able to sue for about a trillion dollars.
     
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    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    That would soon become the Mediocre Man cryonics facility if that were a member of my family.


    Just disgusting, and I am a Yankee fan.
     
  3. speeds

    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Astonishing.
     
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    I'm curious, was the beheading because of protocol or because they needed something to bat around?

    Because I usually think that they freeze the entire body, although I suppose that all would be necessary would really be the brain, they probably wouldn't want their 83 year old body anyway. They'd want a new one.

    Personally I doubt they'll get it to work, but maybe in the future, Frye will be delivering things around the galaxy.
     
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    Abuse of a corpse is a common trait in the dangerously diseased minds of many serial killers.

    It is a jailable crime in most states, and with good reason.

    Finding humor in such behavior would indicate a similar mindset, and a need for psychiatric attention.
     
  6. drexlersdad

    drexlersdad SABAS

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    to some cultures, death is just a part of life, and the body an empty vessel. ritualistic cannabalism and the like.

    doctors "mutilate" corpses everyday, harvesting for transplants, often at the detriment of the patients life span. and we trust our loved ones with them.

    but the irony of ted williams son alienating his entire family to put him there in the first place.....a little funny.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I don't have any sympathy for the family that put him in there. I remember the huge legal battle with his son over even allowing him to be cryogenically frozen. It was a big story at the time. Parts of his family wanted desperately to keep him out of there, but they lost the battle. I have deep sorrow and sympathy for them, but his son is a piece of shit.
     
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    word. i seem to remember him getting sr. to give him sole decision making a couple hours before he died? and that it was likely forged anyways? what a fucking asshole.
     
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    holy crap, I thought this thread was a joke....wtf
     
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    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    No joke, I almost named my son Theordore Williams. Now, I have relatives named Theodore and Williams is a family name, but The Splendid Splinter is my favorite ballplayer of all time. When I think of the tabloid train wreck his death became, I shake my head in sadness. This information, however, makes my blood boil. Those people are maggots.
     
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    His son is dead as well. So, he's a dead asshole at this point.
     

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