Posted by: Patrick (pmgeoeiiee@yahoo.com) on Sun Oct 10 12:35:34 2010

> HI every one I dont know what ted williams said to some women about a linear hand path latter in his life.but I have his book the science of hitting and on pg 42 and what would be pg 64 they have a over head shot drawings of his swing .and I challenge any one to tell me his hands and bat path are not taking a circular hand path.

How can I put this? Ted Williams was argubly the greatest hitter who ever lived. I'm not saying that his hands don't look like they are taking a circular hand path to the ball because i know for a fact that's what they look like they are doing. I have the book myself. In fact, I know that book so well that I gave my copy to a friend as a christmas present for a fact that I didn't need it anymore. If you talk to all the old time guys they all talk about hitting the ball inside out and about the bat going straight to the ball, Ted williams willie mays, stan musial immediately comes to mind. Nowadays, when guys talk about hitting they say that the hands stay inside the ball. But that's not what Ted said. He said the "hands" stay inside out. Not just inside. Not just the hands for that matter. If read through the book, he mentions that he always felt like he needed something extra left in his "hips and shoulders" to maintain control, but not in his "arms, wrists, and hands." With them he said "100" (usage/energy used). So yall can talk about ted saying one thing and the film showing another all day long. I'm not wasting my time getting involved in that argument. But I know one thing for sure; The quickest way to get to two spots is in a striaght line.