That time Ted Williams faced off against Babe Ruth during WWII fundraiser game

It was a fantasy come true for baseball fans in the Bronx when a team led by Ted Williams, the last of the .400 hitters, met up with a team led by all-time slugger Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium on July 28, 1943, to benefit war-relief efforts and the American Red Cross.

Then-Aviation Cadet Williams was the star left fielder for a Navy team called the “Cloudbusters” that featured other…