BAT BENDER!!!...Is the overwhelming power of Ted Williams causing the bat to actually curve? No. It is just the art of a more primitive photography from the 1940s, unable to catch up with the Splinter’s bat speed. But it is intriguing and one of Williams’ finest photos. The Splendid Splinter is magical in this original Type 1 Acme Newspictures photograph from the 1940s.