What You See Is What You Hit

<p>This fascinating book detailing the art of hitting a baseball or fast-pitch softball most successfully from each player’s correct batting side is built on this scientifically convincing hypothesis: “For maximum batting success right-eyed or right-eye dominant baseball and fast-pitch softball players should swing a bat left-handed; that is from the left-handed batters box nearest first base. Likewise for maximum batting success left-eyed or left-eye dominant players should swing a bat right-handed; that is from the right-hand batter’s box nearest third base.” This means that most right-handed players should bat left-handed and that most left-handed players should bat right-handed. Each player must be tested individually to determine each player’s correct side. It really works! Yes this will shake up the “baseball world.” Most right-handers are right-eyed.</p><p>When I talked with the fabulous Stan Musial in 1954 following his St. Louis Cardinal pregame batting practice and then gave him the eye dominance test that you will find in inning 2 he then and there convinced me that I just must write this book. He shook my hand firmly and said “Soldier you’ve just got to write a book about this stuff. I now understand completely why I can’t hit the ball when I try batting right-handed. Nobody knows about this stuff. Now be sure to write that book.” Thank you Stan Musial!</p>