Tainted Title?

Yesterday, while listening to the Robert Wuhl show on the radio (great show by the way), I was reminded that it was the 51st anniversary of Ted Williams last game. Of course, Williams, in the final at-bat of his career belted a home run in Fenway Park.
Which leads me to the 1941 season.
Williams hit .406 that year and no one has hit .400 in the big leagues since. Going into the last day of the season, the Red Sox slugger was hitting an even .400. Boston was scheduled to play a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Athletics at Shibe Park. Sox manager gave Williams the option of sitting out the twin-bill to protect his .400 average. Williams was offended and said that if he was going to hit .400 he would do so for the entire season.
The games were meaningless. Boston was 17 games behind the first place Yankees but Williams played. He went 4-5 in the first game to lift his average to .404. Sit out the second game? No. He went 2-3 to end up at .406. By the way, he hit 37 homers that year and walked 147 times. He struck out...27 times! Take a look at that Adam Dunn.
Anyway, this was all a prelude to what I wanted to talk about. I'm here to bury Mets shortstop Jose Reyes who won the NL batting title yesterday in cowardly fashion.
After getting a bunt hit in the first inning, he pulled himself from the game with a .337 average. That meant the Brewers Ryan Braun needed to go 3-4 to pass Reyes for the batting crown. Braun went 0-4 to finish second at .332.
To me Reyes was selfish and quit on his team and the fans who were at Citi Field to see him in perhaps his final game as a Met. He's a free agent and probably won't be back next season.
Reyes getting a cheap bunt hit then going home is one of the low-lights of his career and there have been many. Whoever signs him after the season better beware. You'll be getting an injury prone, selfish quitter. I don't want him on my team despite his enormous talent.
I wonder if Ted Williams would have taken himself out of a game if he found himself in the same situation as Reyes? I think we all know the answer.