Clipping:Claimed use of flat bats

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Date Friday, September 14, 1888
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The secret of the St. Louis Browns’ great sacrifice hitting has leaked out. The team has three or four flat bats, especially for sacrifice hitting, and when a man is to be advanced a player takes up this bat and faces for a right field hit. The flat bat idea was put in by Manager Wright, who has all along advocated sacrifice hitting. “A man who claims to be a first class ball player and can’t sacrifice should quit ball playing,” says Manager Wright.

Source Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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