词汇 | flamingo swing |
词源 | flamingo swing. The famous batting swing of Japanese player Sadaharu Oh. It is said that Oh overcame a hitch in his swing by standing on one leg for long periods of time and strength- ened his wrists by swinging a heavy samurai long sword each night, slicing in half sheets of paper suspended from the ceil- ing. He went on to become the greatest slugger in the history of Japanese baseball. |
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