You know the story. Some of us (not just this writer, there were others) have been comparing Kyle Tucker’s swing to that of the late legend Ted Williams since Tucker was in high school:
And, after Peter Gammons (who watched the Splendid Splinter in his youth, even if his pro journalistic career with the Boston Globe began nine years after Williams retired) laid the comp on Tucker himself on draft day, it began to catch on like wildfire. This spring, as Kyle Tucker has flatly raked his way through Spring Training for the Houston Astros, the fans have picked up on a practical joke from the clubhouse (someone changed out Kyle Tucker’s nameplate on his locker to read “Ted” in playful homage to the comp) and begun pounding the table in earnest for “Ted” Tucker to join the club sooner rather than later.