Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Thanks Ralph 137, homer edition
Last month I randomly mentioned baseball star Ted Williams, who took endorsement money to front a contest for Nash, then broke the contract and kept the money. A real asshole.
Today I noticed an ODD question on Quora, trying to stir up a conspiracy theory about Ted Williams's frozen head.
WTFFF?
The story is hopelessly weird. When Williams died in 2002 he ordered his body to be cryo-preserved by Alcor Cryonics in Phoenix. Alcor has been in business since 1972!!! and has a couple hundred "guests".
Why was there a particular controversy about Williams, as opposed to the other "guests"?
But the worst was yet to come. Fast forward seven years to 2009, when a book by a former employee of Alcor hit the shelves containing explosive allegations of Alcor’s abusive treatment of Williams’ frozen head. Author Larry Johnson wrote that an empty tuna can was used as a pedestal to support the slugger’s head while experiments (which subsequently cracked his frozen brain) were conducted. When the tuna can became stuck to the head, an Alcor employee allegedly tried to dislodge it by swinging at it with a monkey wrench, in the process missing the can and connecting with Williams’ head instead. Johnson wrote that the impact sprayed “bits of frozen head” around the room.Grand slam! Out of the park! Emerson would love it. But maybe it's a little too much Emersonian justice even for an obnoxious asshole.
Labels: Entertainment, EXTREME SUPREME ABSOLUTE DEFINITIVE FINAL Emersonian justice
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