The Science of Hitting [First Printing]

Ted Williams and John Underwood

ISBN 10: 0671208926 / ISBN 13: 9780671208929

Published by Simon & Schuster, 1971

About this Item

FIRST edition, FIRST printing. VERY GOOD+ in GOOD dust jacket. Jacket shows sunning at spine, small chips with some material lose at top front edge. Interior is bright and clean. Binding tight and square, no loose pages. Top front board corner shows a slight bump. Otherwise, corners are crisp. Unmarked, unclipped.

Seller Inventory # 2601230001

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Science of Hitting [First Printing]
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671208926
• ISBN 13: 9780671208929
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Weight: 16 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Baseball

About this title

Synopsis

Book by Ted Williams, John Underwood

Review

As a boy, all Ted Williams wanted was to be the best hitter there ever was. Through his storied tenure with the Red Sox, he pretty much got his wish. He not only hit, he knew how to hit; there was no keener, more devoted, more articulate student of the art. The Science of Hitting is his comprehensive book of wisdom and anecdote, a baseball bible that offers clear, concise, well-illustrated, fundamental information on how to hit a baseball and, just as important, how to think about hitting a baseball. Williams's first commandment is "Get a good pitch to hit," and, in one of baseball's most dramatic teaching tools--a photograph that divides his strike zone into 77 baseballs, seven wide by 11 high--Williams projects what he would hit at each pitch location, from .230 on the low-outside strike to .400 in what he called his "happy zone," the heart of the plate belt high. In 1941, that happy zone was obviously ecstatic; Williams hit .406 that year, the last to break the magic .400 barrier.