Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 55
d nor often. It is seldomthat a batter is hit hard enough by a pitched ballto hurt him; if he is quick enough to bring his batagainst the ball before it gets by, he should bequick enough to get out of the way of one whichcomes at him. Neither will it do to stand prop-erly at the plate and yet pull… … COBB S POSITION AT THE BAT. order to make a score. But, be it noted, it fre-quently happens that the first man gets on, and —with no score, or a tied score, or a one-run lead,or when one run behind and the game not too faradvanced—the correct play is to make a sacri-fice hit; hence, batter No. 2…
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