Identifier: howtoplaybasebal01murn (find matches)
Title: How to play base ball
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Murnane, T. H. (Timothy Hayes), 1852-1917
Subjects: Baseball
Publisher: New York, American Sports Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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to. Trying to bunt wild pitchesis a failing which many players have and they are the ones whonever learn to bunt. When a pitcher expects a bunt he keeps theball high, for it is almost impossible to bunt a high ball. Whenit comes to bunting, the left handed batsman has so much the bet-ter of the right hander that it is seldom, indeed, that a righthanded man beats out a bunt. The left hander can place his batagainst the ball and be away from the plate before it has hit theground. The right hander can hardly do this without making afailure of his efforts to bunt. It is not a bit harder to hit a curved ball than a straight one,if you know it is coming. The pitcher always tries to deliver justwhat the batsman does not expect. Some batsmen are good atguessing. A batter should study the pitcher always. By keepinghis eye well peeled he can often detect a curve just as it breaksin its course and in plenty of time to land on it. Batting requires lots of practice. Confidence is half the battle.
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How to Play Base Ball. 25 HOW TO RUN THE BASES John Doyle, better known as Jack Doyle, gives the followingadvice to base-runners: BY TACK DOYLE A good base-runner is dreaded more than a good batsmanwhen the bases are clear and the score close. When a playeris both a batter and base-runner he is indeed a most valuableasset for a ball team. It is not the player who has the greatest number of stolenbases to his credit that is the most valuable man to a ball team;but rather the player who has the largest percentage of successfulsteals out of the chances taken. In looking for a great number of stolen bases there havebeen cases where the player has taken chances where he hadlittle to gain and the chances ten to one against him. The cleverbase-runner is the man who will take long chances when theoccasion requires it, and a steal may result in a victory. Withtwo out and a man at second, for example, the runner shouldnever attempt to steal third base, unless in rare cases where apitcher is wil

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