I think they might. (Knock your sox off) They have been known to blast way too close to the face.
Yuri Nokursokzov was a Russian baseball player who hit 500 homers on one year. They found out he was using an explosive charge in on the bat and a radar guided gyroscope to cause the bat to intercept the ball. Timing was achieved by causing an electric charge to emanate along a muscle-connected electrode.