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Identifier: howtoplaybasebal00mcgr (find matches)
Title: How to play baseball, a manual for boys
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: McGraw, John Joseph, 1873-1934. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Baseball
Publisher: New York and London, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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are giving the pitcher an ad-vantage, and every time you come to the bat itis a contest of wits between the pitcher andyou. Good batters do not let the pitcher getthem into the hole—that is, with more strikesthan balls—by hitting at everything that hethrows them. When jrou make a pitcher workto the limit every time you bat you are notonly helping yourself but your club. If atwirler finds that a small man will offer at aball off the outside of the plate, he will keepthem there and the batter will never get a hit.A small man cannot reach a ball on the outsideof the plate. Therefore, it is very importantthat a batter become a good judge of a strike,and this knowledge can only be obtained bypractice and self-confidence. The short holdwill help you in this, because you can stopyour swing before the bat crosses the plate ifyou see the ball breaking out of reach, and astrike will not be called on you. In scientific batting, a man should learn tohit behind the runner, as Big Leaguers call
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