Inside Baseball With TY COBB Paperback – April 1, 2007 by Ty Cobb (Author), Wesley Fricks (Editor)
Inside Baseball With TY COBB Paperback – April 1, 2007 by Ty Cobb (Author), Wesley Fricks (Editor)
Inside Baseball With TY COBB Paperback – April 1, 2007 by Ty Cobb (Author), Wesley Fricks (Editor
The other double steal — runners on first and third — is considered the hardest to checkmate in the game today.
There have been many ways tried to beat it, but when the runners are fast and intelligent, they sometimes spill the best-laid plans.
The best play I have seen is the bluff. This is when the second baseman immediately covers second when the pitch is made, while the shortstop runs over about fifteen feet in front of the bag.
The catcher slams the ball straight at the sack as bard as possible. The second baseman, watching the man on third out of the corner of his eye yells for shorts top to take the ball or let it go.
Of course, if the runner on third is tearing for the plate, the shortstop gets his cue to take the ball and heave it back to the catcher, cutting off the man at the plate.
But, if the runner on third shows no intention of going in, the ball is allowed to go through to the second baseman and the man going from first is caught at second easily.
Jimmy Williams, Elberfeld and Kleinow, for the New York Americans, used to pull this play off in the most perfect way that it has been my luck to see, Collins and Barry, of the Athletics, with Thomas behind the plate, do it very well, too.
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On the other hand, if the baseman roughs the slider a couple of times, he'll not take any unnecessary chances on getting to the base. Headfirst sliding is very dangerous and is used very little in the Major Leagues. I was, by the way, a headfirst slider when I first became a Major League player. I had tried the other way, having received instructions from "Germany'' Schaefer, now the comedian of the Washington club. But, I thought the headfirst slide was easier and better. One day we were playing the New York Americans and I went into the bag headfirst. '''"Kid" Elberfeld''' was covering. Without seeming to do it intentionally. the "Kid" happened to come down on my head. I honestly believed he shoved it into the dirt an inch. It felt that way, anyhow. was a sorry mess when I picked myself up; there being little skin left where the razor is wont to pass over the cheeks and lips, while my nose looked as if it had met a Luther McCarty wallop. That little incident settled headfirst sliding for me. I began to pay strict attention to going into a base feet first and I practiced it every opportunity I got. Now, I could not slide with my head in front and feel right.
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The other double steal — runners on first and third — is considered the hardest to checkmate in the game today.
There have been many ways tried to beat it, but when the runners are fast and intelligent, they sometimes spill the best-laid plans.
The best play I have seen is the bluff. This is when the second baseman immediately covers second when the pitch is made, while the shortstop runs over about fifteen feet in front of the bag.
The catcher slams the ball straight at the sack as bard as possible. The second baseman, watching the man on third out of the corner of his eye yells for shorts top to take the ball or let it go.
Of course, if the runner on third is tearing for the plate, the shortstop gets his cue to take the ball and heave it back to the catcher, cutting off the man at the plate.
But, if the runner on third shows no intention of going in, the ball is allowed to go through to the second baseman and the man going from first is caught at second easily.
Jimmy Williams, Elberfeld and Kleinow, for the New York Americans, used to pull this play off in the most perfect way that it has been my luck to see, Collins and Barry, of the Athletics, with Thomas behind the plate, do it very well, too.
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On the other hand, if the baseman roughs the slider a couple of times, he'll not take any unnecessary chances on getting to the base. Headfirst sliding is very dangerous and is used very little in the Major Leagues. I was, by the way, a headfirst slider when I first became a Major League player. I had tried the other way, having received instructions from "Germany'' Schaefer, now the comedian of the Washington club. But, I thought the headfirst slide was easier and better. One day we were playing the New York Americans and I went into the bag headfirst. '''"Kid" Elberfeld''' was covering. Without seeming to do it intentionally. the "Kid" happened to come down on my head. I honestly believed he shoved it into the dirt an inch. It felt that way, anyhow. was a sorry mess when I picked myself up; there being little skin left where the razor is wont to pass over the cheeks and lips, while my nose looked as if it had met a Luther McCarty wallop. That little incident settled headfirst sliding for me. I began to pay strict attention to going into a base feet first and I practiced it every opportunity I got. Now, I could not slide with my head in front and feel right.
[Note: Note sure where the above story came from!]
Product Details
- Paperback: 238 pages
- Publisher: Aardvark Global Publishing; 1st edition (April 1, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1427617384
- ISBN-13: 978-1427617385
- Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,554,096 in Books
