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April 23, 2007
Red Sox legend Johnny Pesky received some troubling news during tonight's game at Fenway Park. He was told that writer David Halberstam died in a car accident earlier today in San Francisco. He was 73.
Halberstam, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, wrote the book “The Teammates” which chronicled the life of four friends – Ted Williams, Dom DiMaggio, Bobby Doerr and Pesky – on and off the baseball field.
“It was flattering,” Pesky said about the best-seller. “I am so sorry to hear about what has happened. He was a fine man, a great author and writer. He did everything possibly a good human being could do. He was just an outstanding man and I feel very badly about this.”
During last night’s game, Pesky said he had not spoken with Doerr or DiMaggio about the accident, but planned on calling his friends when he got home.
During the 2004 Triple-A All-Star game in Pawtucket, Pesky, Doerr and DiMaggio participated in a Q & A session about the real-life story of “The Teammates” mostly discussing Williams as a man, friend and teammate.
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