The Frozen GOAT

If you don’t know who Ted Williams is, you’re probably on the wrong website.

He’s the last man to hit .400 in a season, and arguably the greatest hitter of all time.

Williams was also an American war hero that transcended the game.

But what you may not know is that Ted’s body is currently frozen in a cryonics lab somewhere in Scottsdale, AZ.

Williams’ family convinced him to sign off on this before he died in hopes that he'll somehow be able to come back to life hundreds of years from now.

Was Ted Williams really that bonkers?

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Some of the circumstances around the whole thing are pretty sketchy.

For one, Ted’s own daughter, Bobby-Jo, sued her brother and sister over this whole thing; saying that her dad had wished to be cremated.

When his will was made public, that fact was confirmed.

She accused John Henry and Claudia Williams of tricking Ted into doing cryonics for the sole purpose of selling his DNA.

To understand how this would even be possible, we have to take a closer look at the relationship between Ted and his son, John Henry.

Ted had a lot of health problems in his final years of life.

In ‘91, John Henry started taking care of his dad full-time.

This included managing his personal and business affairs, and eventually, John was appointed power of attorney.

Over the years, many people accused John Henry of trying to exploit his dad financially.

From projects like hitter.net (which no longer exists) to keeping him quarantined at home signing autographs all day, it appeared John Henry wanted to get every penny out of Ted.

So why did he want to freeze his father?

Allegedly, John said to his sister “Wouldn’t it be neat to sell Dad’s DNA? There are lots of people who would pay big bucks to have little Ted Williams’ running around”

It seems crazy, but there was actually reports of missing DNA from the Alcor lab.

Even worse, an ex-employee at Alcor released a tell-all book that described the horrific treatment of Ted Williams’ body.

Including the fact that they accidentally decapitated him and froze his head to a tuna can.

Beyond that, the lab was given the body without ever having any paperwork signed by Ted himself.

This was all they had.

A lot of folks think this is a flat out fake; John Henry used to brag about his ability to forge his dad's signature.

Unfortunately, Bobby-Jo didn’t have enough money to keep fighting.

The lawsuit cost her $80K in legal fees and ultimately it was settled out of court.

John-Henry died of Leukemia in 2004.

Ted Williams remains frozen.