There's a tape of Gwynn and Williams talking about hitting. Just sitting there talking. Any baseball player should watch it. It's the surest way to gain 15 points on your batting average that I've ever seen. The player that on any given day can dominate a game.
Nobody has more fun making batters look silly.
The Ryan Express was unstoppable. Batters knew it was coming and still couldn't hit it. He makes the modern homerun derbies look more like the dead ball era. Would use anything from spit to nail files to Vaseline to try to get batters out and still wasn't any good. The meaning of intimidation.