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zoomzilla · 10-23-2013, 05:47 PM

I love old baseball photos. A couple things I noticed: No or little glove= hardcore. An intriguing thing I never knew is that it looks like a common batting stance of the day was to have the back foot parallel to home plate's back edge while having the front foot pointed directly at the pitcher. I doubt that would have been the position of a swing just because of the momentum, but it's an interesting stance to start out the AB.

10-23-2013, 05:47 PM	#2
zoomzilla Minors (Double A) Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 170	I love old baseball photos. A couple things I noticed: No or little glove= hardcore. An intriguing thing I never knew is that it looks like a common batting stance of the day was to have the back foot parallel to home plate's back edge while having the front foot pointed directly at the pitcher. I doubt that would have been the position of a swing just because of the momentum, but it's an interesting stance to start out the AB.