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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 199

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ible. Pitchers do try to prevent batters frommaking hits and getting on first base, yet there aretimes when it is the wise thing to do to let thebatter get on, and get rid of him in that way, infavor of a weaker hitter. For instance, Mathew-son, the great, passed Home-Run Baker in animportant game… … MARQUARD, OF THE NEW YORKCLUB, LEADING PITCHER OFI9II, NATIONAL LEAGUE, WITH AMARK OF .774.Showing a pronounced followthrough, a perfect after-pitch poise, andhow the whole body gets into the workof pitching a ball with terrific speed. As to the question of the theory of the me-chanics of pitching,…

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