Base ball for beginners . gets even with your body. All good hittersmeet the ball zvell ahead of the body when they want to pull , and poor hitters, hit late. Good hitters are quick hit-ters. The pull is the most natural stroke. To make it youmust hit quickly and meet the ball well before it gets to the pitched inside the middle line of the plate are easiest to pull. It is almost impossible to pull a fast ball which comes high on the outside corner of the plate. So balls inside the middle line of the plate may be pulled to advantage, while balls on the outside corner may
Base ball for beginners . gets even with your body. All good hittersmeet the ball zvell ahead of the body when they want to pull , and poor hitters, hit late. Good hitters are quick hit-ters. The pull is the most natural stroke. To make it youmust hit quickly and meet the ball well before it gets to the pitched inside the middle line of the plate are easiest to pull. It is almost impossible to pull a fast ball which comes high on the outside corner of the plate. So balls inside the middle line of the plate may be pulled to advantage, while balls on the outside corner may be driven to center. A fast ball is best suited to cut-ting. By letting a fast ball come well over the plate and hitting with a quick, short, chop stroke, a right-hand batter can get a nice single to right. The cut is of vast value when playing the hit-and-run play, hitting behind a runner, to right field. To cut successfully, you must keep well away from the ball. impossible to cut a ball which comes close to the A bad batting step, awayfrom home plate — worstof all batting faults. mm HIT It is
Size: 1296px × 1927px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectbasebal, bookyear1921
