Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 394
, you can pitch a better gameand hold down the opposing batsmen more ball pitcher ever born who can not make hiscurves break over the plate, and whose jump ballalways misses the corners. Batsmen are a canny lot. They dont reachafter wide ones when wide ones come towardthem constantly. Making the… … CHRISTY MATHEWSON, FAMOUS PITCHER OF THENEW YORK NATIONAL LEAGUE CLUB. ten —if he really wishes to do it. But he does nt.Most of them want to throw just enough strikesto fool the batsmen, and pitch balls which thebatter will hit at and either pop up or foul offor knock down for an easy play. If he…
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