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Sweet spot: Baseball's last 400 hitter, Ted Williams, explains the science to Blue Jay slugger and first baseman John Mayberry at a special clinic held at the Dunedin training camp yesterday
Sweet spot: Baseball's last 400 hitter, Ted Williams, explains the science to Blue Jay slugger and first baseman John Mayberry at a special clinic held at the Dunedin training camp yesterday

Sweet spot: Baseball's last 400 hitter, Ted Williams, explains the science to Blue Jay slugger and first baseman John Mayberry at a special clinic held at the Dunedin training camp yesterday

Date3/9/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sweet spot: Baseball's last 400 hitter, Ted Williams, explains the science to Blue Jay slugger and first baseman John Mayberry at a special clinic held at the Dunedin training camp yesterday.
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Tip from top: When former Boston Red Sox superstar Ted Williams (right) was in Toronto some time ago, he took time to explain batting theories to Star baseball writer Neil MacCarl who writes below of baseball's last 400 batsman
Tip from top: When former Boston Red Sox superstar Ted Williams (right) was in Toronto some time ago, he took time to explain batting theories to Star baseball writer Neil MacCarl who writes below of baseball's last 400 batsman
12/10/1968
Team friction: Jays skipper Jimy Williams (left) is screwing around with the team lineup, says designated hitter George Bell (right), who arrived at training camp yesterday
Team friction: Jays skipper Jimy Williams (left) is screwing around with the team lineup, says designated hitter George Bell (right), who arrived at training camp yesterday
1/28/1987
Religion was his relief. Dennis DeBarr, a 24-year-old relief pitcher with the Blue Jays, works out in a training session at the Jays' camp in Dunedin,(...)
Religion was his relief. Dennis DeBarr, a 24-year-old relief pitcher with the Blue Jays, works out in a training session at the Jays' camp in Dunedin,(...)
2/27/1977
Kids will have a ball. Pat Fairly, 8, son of Blue Jays' Ron Fairly, juggles a few of the 25,000 special baseballs that will be given out to youngsters(...)
Kids will have a ball. Pat Fairly, 8, son of Blue Jays' Ron Fairly, juggles a few of the 25,000 special baseballs that will be given out to youngsters(...)
5/5/1977
All smiles: Luis Leal, fresh from the winter leagues, is happy with his new contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, which he signed yesterday at the Dunedin training camp
All smiles: Luis Leal, fresh from the winter leagues, is happy with his new contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, which he signed yesterday at the Dunedin training camp
2/21/1984
Spring training: Who wants to wait for baseball's official training camps to start? Not the fans who have signed up for Seneca College's Baseball Spring Training for Fans course.
Spring training: Who wants to wait for baseball's official training camps to start? Not the fans who have signed up for Seneca College's Baseball Spring Training for Fans course.
2/9/1980
Sweet-swinging Fred McGriff compiled some fancy numbers last year in his first season as the Blue Jays' everyday first baseman
Sweet-swinging Fred McGriff compiled some fancy numbers last year in his first season as the Blue Jays' everyday first baseman
8/5/1988
Jays' John Mayberry (left) starts back for bag, guarded by Phils' new first baseman Pete Rose
Jays' John Mayberry (left) starts back for bag, guarded by Phils' new first baseman Pete Rose
3/11/1979
Blue Jays' injured right fielder Joe Carter autographs baseballs last night for fans at the SkyDome as Toronto prepared to play the Minnesota Twins
Blue Jays' injured right fielder Joe Carter autographs baseballs last night for fans at the SkyDome as Toronto prepared to play the Minnesota Twins
10/12/1991
A rainy day in dunedin. Blue Jays were driven indoors yesterday by torrential day-long rain at their Dunedin, Fla., training site. Eventually they got(...)
A rainy day in dunedin. Blue Jays were driven indoors yesterday by torrential day-long rain at their Dunedin, Fla., training site. Eventually they got(...)
3/3/1978
Practise makes imperfect: Blue Jays relief pitcher Jerry Garvin goes through a whole shopping cart of baseballs as he works on his feared (by Blue Jays) home run pitch
Practise makes imperfect: Blue Jays relief pitcher Jerry Garvin goes through a whole shopping cart of baseballs as he works on his feared (by Blue Jays) home run pitch
3/1/1982
Baseball's new boss: Peter Ueberroth says he has felt a lot of pressure to alter the game's rules since succeeding Bowie Kuhn, especially concerning the designated hitter rule
Baseball's new boss: Peter Ueberroth says he has felt a lot of pressure to alter the game's rules since succeeding Bowie Kuhn, especially concerning the designated hitter rule
4/24/1985