Product Details

• • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Revised edition (April 29, 1986)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0671621033
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671621032
  • Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.3 x 9.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces

Review As a boy, all Ted Williams wanted was to be the best hitterthere ever was. Through his storied tenure with the Red Sox, he pretty muchgot his wish. He not only hit, he knew how to hit; there was no keener, moredevoted, more articulate student of the art. The Science of Hitting is hiscomprehensive book of wisdom and anecdote, a baseball bible that offers clear,concise, well-illustrated, fundamental information on how to hit a baseballand, just as important, how to think about hitting a baseball. Williams’sfirst commandment is “Get a good pitch to hit,” and, in one of baseball’s mostdramatic teaching tools–a photograph that divides his strike zone into 77baseballs, seven wide by 11 high–Williams projects what he would hit at eachpitch location, from .230 on the low-outside strike to .400 in what he calledhis “happy zone,” the heart of the plate belt high. In 1941, that happy zonewas obviously ecstatic; Williams hit .406 that year, the last to break themagic .400 barrier. Read more Review Wade Boggs American League battingchampion A major influence on my basic hitting skills through my formativeyears and a must for learning and knowing the strike zone. Read more See allEditorial Reviews