Clipping:Scientific batting 2
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| Date | Saturday, March 1, 1879 |
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| Text | ...the one thing in the science of batting which has hitherto been but little understood, or, if understood, has been sadly neglected, is the rule governing what is technically called “facing for position”–that is, taking your stand at the bat in such a manner as to lead to the regular swing of the bat, causing it to meet the ball so as to send it in the direction of either one or the other of the three outfield positions of the filed, viz., the right, centre or left field. Just as a man stands at the bat, just so will the regular or forward swing of the bat meet the ball, all things, of course, being equal, viz., the rapdity of the forward swing being in proportion to the speed of the delivered ball. Of course, when the batsman makes a slow swing of the bat forward, it will meet the ball back of the home-base. When he swings it with the same speed as the ball, it will meet at right angles; and if faster than the pitched ball, it will meet the ball forward of the home-base. In the former case the ball will go to the right, and in the latter to the left. But the general direction of the ball, from a regular and proportioned swing of the bat, is governed by the manner in which the batsman stands when prepared to strike at the ball–that is, in proportion as he “faces” for the right, the cetnre of the left. As a general rule, in order to send a ball to the right he should face almost as if the first-baseman was going to pitch him the ball, and not the pitcher. The three men, therefore, to face any one of whom the batsman should stand when about to strike at the ball, are the first-baseman, the pitcher and the short-stop, just as he desires to send the ball in the direction of the right, centre or left field. |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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