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Hitting Secrets from Baseball’s Graveyard: A Diehard Student of History Reconstructs Batsmanship of the Late Dead Ball Era

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Biographies of Ty Cobb, reassessments of the Black Sox Scandal, and similar explorations of baseball history from the days when horses and trolleys crowded urban streets are many and popular. No one, however, has ever tried to resurrect the hitting techniques of Cobb, Speaker, Wagner, Lajoie, and their contemporaries. The task is daunting. Still photos and florid sports-page descriptions are about the only direct material evidence. This book, while not neglecting such clues, supplements them with the author's rigorous experimentation and analysis. Harris's case is presented somewhat narratively, since many of his insights dawned upon him only after painful experiences with coaches both amateur and professional. Aware that the most controversial claim of yesteryear's hitting stars--their ability to step where they saw the pitch coming--seems highly implausible today, he constructs arguments with tireless humor as well as great ingenuity. The book features more than a dozen black-and-white photos as aids, the most surprising of these representing a samurai warrior gripping his sword! Though the work's historical objectives will excite any serious student of the game, a few recommendations for young hitters also rise to the surface.

Hitting Secrets from Baseball’s Graveyard: A Diehard Student of History Reconstructs Batsmanship of the Late Dead Ball Era
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  • $4.99
  • Available on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac.
  • Category: Baseball
  • Published: Jun 24, 2015
  • Publisher: John Harris
  • Seller: Smashwords
  • Print Length: 260 Pages
  • Language: English
  • Requirements: To view this book, you must have an iOS device with iBooks 1.3.1 or later and iOS 4.3.3 or later, or a Mac with iBooks 1.0 or later and OS X 10.9 or later.

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