I have to agree. The most memorable pitch came, not from a pitcher, but from the greatest hitter of all time. Ted Williams. Teddy Ballgame. In the 1999 All-Star Game at Fenway Park, the All-Century Team was announced. Everyone one from Cy Young back in 1900 to Ken Griffey Jr. in 1999 was honored. All of baseball's greats were there and the loudest applause came when Ted Williams rode out to the mound and threw out the first pitch. It was a moment bigger than Pedro's heroics in the game. Heck, the moment almost overshadowed the entire season. For one moment, all that mattered was Ted Williams. Just like it did when he was last in Fenway after he hit his final homer in his final at bat and ran into the dugout without a spoken word. This was his final appearance at Fenway Park as he would pass away three years later, but this was immortalized in the historic lore of the Fenway Park mound.
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