Much of Ted's Hitting style is self-educated and that the biggest thing to know is that you have to do certain things to become better. Those things are: Thinking it out, learning the situations, knowing your opponent, and most important, knowing yourself. The hitter is the greatest variable in the game, because to know yourself takes dedication. It is hard for players to do that today due to their lack of time. Ted didn't have to fly, he rode the train, he might have had a ten to twelve hour trip on a train and much of that Teddy spend talking about baseball and hitting. Another thing is that he didn't have the money as the players of today have to fool around with. Teddy had a complete baseball atmosphere. He talked, he experimented, he swapped bats, he was forever trying a new stance, trying to hit like many favorites like, Greenberg or Foxx, and then going back to his old ways. That's why there is a lot of influence to experiment, try what you see that looks good on somebody else. Try different bats, a bigger handle, a bigger barrel, anything.
Another aspect was the bat you use to hit with. First he treated his bat like they were special, keeping them usable as long as possible. He boned them to get the fibers together. He didn't want them chipped or discolored, because those are distractions. Just like the uniform, he didn't want the cap too tight or the pants bagging or the sleeves flapping. He didn't want any distractions and he often swung with the label of the bat down so he couldn't see it for that reason. He cleaned his bat every night with alcohol. He actually took his bats to the post office to check the weight. He wanted to know the weight because bats pick up condensation and dirt lying around on the ground. His specific bat was a 35-inch bat, with narrow-grain, medium barrel, weighting 33 ounces. You can get the same result by being quicker with a light bat. Batting lengths, shapes and weights will all vary according to the preference of the hitter.