As Williams revealed in his 1971 book TheScienceofHitting, he swung at balls that landed in his best cells and let the others whizz by, even if it meant being called out on strikes once in a while.
"We're hitting a lot of base hits that move thescience but don't mean a lot to patients, " says Otis Brawley, chief medical officer ofthe American Cancer Society.
"Through sports medicine and sports science, we can concentrate on how do we shave millimetres off so the ball goes in instead ofhittingthe post, " he explained.