How Ted Williams Became Manager of the 1969 Washington Senators: The Scoop That Beat the Post

Ted Williams in a Washington Senators jacket and W cap, photographed at the dugout in 1969

It was perhaps the biggest baseball ‘scoop’ in Washington, DC history: Ted Williams to return to baseball in 1969 as manager of the Washington Senators. Read the fascinating story of how a young reporter beat the Post and the Evening Star to the punch and got the scoop!