Twenty-five years ago, my team had a very good hitter who had home run power (which actually meant something in the days of Bombats and Dudley Day-Nites) but also had a remarkable skill at taking a full but slow swing and hitting soft liners over the pitcher. So he'd back the outfield up his first couple of times at bat, and then get a double on one of his slow swings. Our league opponents got used to it, but in tournaments, the other team, not having seen such a swing, assumed he had done something illegal and would scream like hell.
The umps always allowed the swing, though.
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