With a .405 batting average on Aug. 15, 1941, Ted Williams had every right to feel confident.

“Sure I will,” the Red Sox legend said of finishing the season with a .400 average in an Associated Press article that ran that day. “It’s going to be a cinch. All it takes is luck, confidence and good hitting — and boy, I’ve got all three.”

In that same story, Williams also said, “Every time I go up to bat, I feel like a million dollars.”

Williams ended up hitting .406 that season, making him baseball’s last .400 hitter. That he was so sure of doing something that no one has accomplished since — at the age of 22, no less — spoke to the Splendid Splinter’s hitting expertise.

Eighty-four years later, Aaron Judge has also mastered the art form. Already a two-time MVP and known for his power, t

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