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Title: The Louisville Slugger Ultimate Book of Hitting by Mark Gola, John Monteleone ISBN: 0-8050-4413-2 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 March, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book To Learn From
Comment: I would first like to say that this book is a great book to learn hitting from. It covers the styles of hitting and the mechanics of each style. My stats improved in all my categories after using this books techniques. My average went up, i went from hitting one homer the previous year to hitting eleven home runs the next year! This book is great!
Rating: 1
Summary: Don't trust the cover!!!
Comment: Instead of providing extensive hitting advice from players past and present as advertised, this book actually concentrates almost solely on the advice of modern instructors. NOBODY before Ted Williams is quoted extensively. The advice of some of baseball's greatest hitters (Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Rogers Hornsby, etc.) is condescendingly limited to a line or two of very general comments. Louisville Slugger could've reprinted the article "The Science of Batting" that Ty Cobb wrote for their 1944 "Famous Sluggers Yearbook," [reprinted in "Ty Cobb: His Tumultuous Life and Times," by Richard Bak (1994)] but they don't. This is largely due to the fact that early 20th century batting techniques are now considered by so-called experts (like Mike Schmidt) to be primitive and obsolete (a biased and incorrect belief). As evidence of their blind prejudice, page 107 shows complete lack of research. To depict Ty Cobb's hitting style to be obsolete, they explain that the reason he could still hit .367 with his "primitive" style was because "...outfielders played DEEPER in those days because THERE WERE NO FENCES. Thus, the gaps for Cobb to slap or punch the ball into were large and many..." (emphasis mine.) THIS IS THE ONLY BOOK I HAVE EVER SEEN THAT MAKES THIS LUDICROUS CLAIM. The fenced-in ballpark was actually introduced in 1862, 24 years before Cobb was born!!! The book "Green Cathedrals" by Philip J. Lowry (among thousands of others) proves the presence of fences in Cobb's day. Similarly, thousands of old photographs, many reprinted in baseball history books, prove that outfielders played MUCH SHALLOWER then, too. Now, how can you respect--let alone trust--a book that makes claims like THAT??!!!
Rating: 5
Summary: Greatest book on hitting in the world
Comment: This book delivers it all.It amazed me how indepth this book was on hitting.In addition to the many hitting styles, this book has a whole lot of tips from many all-star baseball players. This book also has drills to improve your hitting and it tells you how to pick up and hit other pitches.I would recommend this book to anyone who is serous about improving their hitting skills.This book is really the ultimate!
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Title: The Louisville Slugger® Complete Book of Hitting Faults and Fixes : How to Detect and Correct the 50 Most Common Mistakes at the Plate by Mark Gola, John Monteleone ISBN: 0809298023 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 07 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Louisville Slugger Complete Book of Pitching by Doug Myers, Mark Gola ISBN: 0809226685 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Science of Hitting by Ted Williams, John Underwood ISBN: 0671621033 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 29 April, 1986 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Louisville Slugger® Book of Game-Breaker Baseball: How to Master 30 of the Game's Most Difficult Plays by John Monteleone, Mark Gola ISBN: 0071385614 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 28 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Art of Hitting .300 by Charley Lau, Alfred Glossbrenner, Tony Larussa, Charles Salzberg ISBN: 0140153357 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: February, 1992 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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