Teddy Williams's Final Wish: To Give Back to the Fishes

We've learned a lot more than we ever wanted to know about the sad fate of Ted Williams's cryogenically frozen head, which we last saw allegedly being used for batting practice in the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona.

The situation is all the more poignant when you learn that Williams's dying wish might have been to sleep with the fishes... as a pile of ash. Local sports memorabilia collector Phil Castinetti has what he says is definitive proof that The Kid wanted to be cremated: a letter he sent to his lawyer 11 years before he died.

From the Herald:

Williams, an avid fisherman, “used to say he wanted to give back to the fish some of what he took from them,” [Williams's attorney and confidante Robert E.] McWalter said.

Enterprising New England businesspeople might start considering a line of Ted Williams fish food.