Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 302
Fig. 1. Why variation in height, as in the drop-curve, is more puz-zling to the batsman than flat curves in or out. A to B: widthof plate. A to C : knee to shoulder of batsman. not hit it, a fast ball well inside that he will notwant to hit, then a slow, teasing, floating ballwhich crawls up to him… … Where he doesliKe them Fig. 2. The batters who stand sidewise to the plate can reach lowballs with ease. Snappy hitters—men who choke their bats andhit with a choppy motion, rather than a swing-will generally do more execution against a slowball than a fast one. Not having to start theirhit so…
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