Ted Williams, left, laughs with Joe DiMaggio backstage at the Wang Center in Boston prior to a benefit for the Jimmy Fund in honor of Williams, in this Nov. 11, 1988 file photo. Williams, the Boston Red Sox's revered and sometimes reviled ``Splendid Splinter'' and baseball's last .400 hitter, died Friday, July 5, 2002, in Florida. He was 83. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)