The first Latino superstar on the Red Sox

Ted Williams. No, really. Dan Kennedy educates us (and a Globe reporter).

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Kennedy may need further education

By SwirlyGrrl | Tue, 09/23/2008 - 10:26am

Williams was a SuperHero of the Basque community. He's perhaps Hispanic through mixed heritage - although the Basque don't like the Spanish very much and don't speak Spanish, it sounds like his family made friends in Mexico.

There is a noteworthy concentration of Basque-Americans in the dry desert areas of far Eastern Oregon - so I knew squat about the RedSox in grade school and thought Babe Ruth made a good candy bar, but I'd heard of Ted Williams the Great Basque Baseball Player for certain!

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