The art of base ball batting . ccidentalhit. It is only when he makes an effort to place theball, and in that effort hits it so as to make It a sacri-fice, that he is worthy of the credit of it. THE BATSMANS POSITION. Under the new rules of the League code, the bats-mans position has been materially improved, as willbe seen by the appended diagrams, the one showing THE ART OF BATTING. 41 the League lines of the position, and the other thoseof the American Associations code. The advantage possessed by the League positionlies in the fact that it affords more space to the bats-man for facing for
The art of base ball batting . ccidentalhit. It is only when he makes an effort to place theball, and in that effort hits it so as to make It a sacri-fice, that he is worthy of the credit of it. THE BATSMANS POSITION. Under the new rules of the League code, the bats-mans position has been materially improved, as willbe seen by the appended diagrams, the one showing THE ART OF BATTING. 41 the League lines of the position, and the other thoseof the American Associations code. The advantage possessed by the League positionlies in the fact that it affords more space to the bats-man for facing for right field, owing to the increasein width from three to four feet; and by placing theposition nearer to home base by six inches, the bats-man is enabled to reach out that much further forout curve balls. UNDER THE LEAGUE RULE. At the December convention of the National Leaguein 1884, an important amendment was made to therule defining the batsmans position, first in wideningthe position from three to four feet, and second. In. placing the line of the position nearest the home baseat six inches from the corner of the base instead of one 42 THE ART OF BATTING. foot as before. This was done to afford the batsmangreater freedom of movement in facing for a hit toright field, and also to enable him to stand nearer thebase in reaching for out curve balls. The new linesare shown in the diagram on page 41. It will be seen that the home base line is now ex-actly nine feet in length from the outside lines of thetwo positions; the batsman can step three feet forwardof the base line or three feet back of it; and he canstand four feet distant from the home base or withinsix inches of it. UNDER THE AMERICAN RULE. The lines of the batsmans position under theAmerican code of rules were not changed at the De-cember convention of 1884, and they remain as shownin the appended diagram.
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