thomcat's review
4.0
Slim volume with analytics, anecdotes and analysis. Students of the game today are using computers to do what Ted did with just eyes and brain, though probably not as well. Way ahead of its time.
hxvphaestion's review
3.0
If I were a baseball player, this book would probably be more helpful to me than it stands now —as an interesting account of hitting and the strategy behind good hitting. That being said, I feel like more people who actually play the sport should read this book! It probably has at least one good lesson in it for hitters of all types and ages and skill (not that I would know).
The voice its written in was also surprisingly fun to read, with the illustrations and diagrams being helpful for visualization. Mr. Williams please stop being so salty we get it modern hitters are "dead from the neck up" <3
The voice its written in was also surprisingly fun to read, with the illustrations and diagrams being helpful for visualization. Mr. Williams please stop being so salty we get it modern hitters are "dead from the neck up" <3
wilte's review
3.0
Nice read with baseball batting wisdom from the last .400 hitter. Not quite Yogi Berra but some nice truisms: "the greatest hitter living can't hit bad balls good" [p.15] (baseball's equivalent of pick your battles). p.60: "There is nobody who throws hard throwing easy. The only way you can throw hard is to throw hard"
Graphics and pictures are nice, most of the players mentioned I did not know/recognize. And there is only a tiny fraction science among all anecdote, so the title is misleading.
Graphics and pictures are nice, most of the players mentioned I did not know/recognize. And there is only a tiny fraction science among all anecdote, so the title is misleading.
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