Show Power Builders An innocent bystander or sideline side line observer wants to know bow how Ted Williams and Ralph Kiner get all the hand and arm power they use in swinging a bat It might be said they started with better than a fair share of this power power and and then worked on Fred Corcoran was telling me about Williams Wil WU- Ted lIams liams Ted has gotten himself a heavy bat he said It Is loaded with lead and it isn't too easy to handle If youve you've seen Ted Williams swing a bat you have probably noticed noticed no no- the great speed he be uses in meeting a pitch only a few tew feet away from the plate As Fred Corcoran Corcoran Cor coran says says flAtter After swinging this bat for tor a good workout a ounce 36 or ounce 40 bat feels like a feather It is Williams' Williams method to wait walt at a along long as possible before swinging the ash war club lie He wants to be sure a strike is coming before be swings This demands keen eyesight quick reflexes and remarkable hand band strength |