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Identifier: howtoplaybasebal00mcgr (find matches)
Title: How to play baseball, a manual for boys
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: McGraw, John Joseph, 1873-1934. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Baseball
Publisher: New York and London, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Illustration No. 7—John Coombs of the Athletics just after deliver-ing the ball. Note how he has put his whole body into thepitch. He is also standing firmly on both feet readyto go after a batted ball.
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Illustration No. 8—Cy Young delivering the ball with run-ners on the bases. His right foot is swinging around infront of the left after the pitch. THE PITCHER 25 expect and become so expert at it that theycan tell, when the pitching hand is exposedthe least bit, whether to look for a fast oneor a curved ball. Of course, the ball leavesthe concealment during the swing, but isagain covered by the glove when the handsmeet over your head just before it is thrown.All varieties of balls should be delivered withthe same motion, the changes of pace andcurves being obtained by the manner in whichthe ball is thrown and the wrist snapped.These will be taken up in a subsequent partof this lesson on pitching. Now, to review briefly the rudiments of theoverhand swing. First, be sure to get yourfeet even on the rubber and then cover theball. Take a long swing, concluding with themotion back over the head and balancing onone foot when the ball is concealed from thebatter for a moment. Come straight

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