The Art of Hitting .300Charlie Lau studied the art of hitting for his entire professional career. As a journeyman catcher for Detroit and later for Baltimore he had a unique vantage point for observing just what it is that makes some batters successful while others of equal or greater ability go hitless game after game. His observations led to questions many of which had never been asked before about hitting, about how to maximize your power, and about many of the old rules