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Plate Coverage: Some Thoughts for Both Hitters and Pitchers (Part 2)

Plate Coverage: Some Thoughts for Both Hitters and Pitchers (Part 2)

For Pitchers Only: Sizing Up Hitters in the On-Deck Circle (Part 2)

For Pitchers Only: Sizing Up Hitters in the On-Deck Circle (Part 2)

For Pitchers Only: Sizing Up Hitters in the On-Deck Circle (Part 1)

For Pitchers Only: Sizing Up Hitters in the On-Deck Circle (Part 1)

Plate Coverage: Some Thoughts for Both Hitters and Pitchers (Part 1)

Plate Coverage: Some Thoughts for Both Hitters and Pitchers (Part 1)

Spreading Hits Around With the Tris Speaker Shuffle

Spreading Hits Around With the Tris Speaker Shuffle

More on Loading Energy Through the Barrel: Converging Techniques of Yesteryear's Hitters

More on Loading Energy Through the Barrel: Converging Techniques of Yesteryear's Hitters

Low Arm-Angle Tricks and Tips for Pitchers

Low Arm-Angle Tricks and Tips for Pitchers

Tapping the Barrel's Energy in Your Load: Old-School Power

Tapping the Barrel's Energy in Your Load: Old-School Power

"Hit It Where I Like": Is Place-Hitting Possible?

"Hit It Where I Like": Is Place-Hitting Possible?

Why Pitchers of Yesteryear Had a Balance Point

Why Pitchers of Yesteryear Had a Balance Point

Old-School Pitching: Seeking a Low Overhand Slot (Part Two)

Old-School Pitching: Seeking a Low Overhand Slot (Part Two)

Old-School Pitching: Seeking a Low Overhand Slot (Part One)

Old-School Pitching: Seeking a Low Overhand Slot (Part One)

Tweaking Yesteryear's Line-Drive Swing

Tweaking Yesteryear's Line-Drive Swing

More on Switch-Hitting (Part 2)

More on Switch-Hitting (Part 2)

More on Switch-Hitting (Part 1)

More on Switch-Hitting (Part 1)

Pull-Hitting the Deadball Way

Pull-Hitting the Deadball Way

In Search of Ty Cobb's Hitting Artistry (Part II)

In Search of Ty Cobb's Hitting Artistry (Part II)

In Search of Ty Cobb's Hitting Artistry (Part I)

In Search of Ty Cobb's Hitting Artistry (Part I)

Bottom Hand IQ: Three High-Contact Swings

Bottom Hand IQ: Three High-Contact Swings

More Is Less: How Yesteryear's Huge Bat Worked

More Is Less: How Yesteryear's Huge Bat Worked

More on Charley Lau: Tim Raines

More on Charley Lau: Tim Raines

Comparative Barrel Paths of Three Baseball Eras: Lateral Angle

Comparative Barrel Paths of Three Baseball Eras: Lateral Angle

Comparative Barrel Paths of Three Baseball Eras: Overhead Angle

Comparative Barrel Paths of Three Baseball Eras: Overhead Angle

A Comparison of Yesteryear's Hitting Styles

A Comparison of Yesteryear's Hitting Styles

Shifting Weight in the Line Drive Swing

Shifting Weight in the Line Drive Swing

Learning to Throw Lefty: It's Not as Hard as You Think

Learning to Throw Lefty: It's Not as Hard as You Think

Update of the Low Overhand Motion

Update of the Low Overhand Motion

Going Oppo From the Right Side

Going Oppo From the Right Side

Falls, Pumps, Lunges Farewell to 1890

Falls, Pumps, Lunges Farewell to 1890

Falls, Pumps, Lunges: Some Nineteenth-Century Elements Resurfacing Today

Falls, Pumps, Lunges: Some Nineteenth-Century Elements Resurfacing Today

Switch-Hitting and Deadball Thinking: A Potent Combination (Part II)

Switch-Hitting and Deadball Thinking: A Potent Combination (Part II)

Switch-Hitting and Deadball Thinking: A Potent Combination (Part I)

Switch-Hitting and Deadball Thinking: A Potent Combination (Part I)

Tapping the Hitch-Load's Power: Mel Ott

Tapping the Hitch-Load's Power: Mel Ott

The Proper Approach for Hitting Off a Machine

The Proper Approach for Hitting Off a Machine

Why (and How) Deadball Batsmen Swung Down On the Pitch

Why (and How) Deadball Batsmen Swung Down On the Pitch

The Typical Deadball-Era Approach to Hitting

The Typical Deadball-Era Approach to Hitting

How to Get Big Hits While Playing Fair

How to Get Big Hits While Playing Fair

Why You Can't Swing a Bat Any Way You Like: Physics and Anatomy

Why You Can't Swing a Bat Any Way You Like: Physics and Anatomy

Fine-Tuning the Low Submarine Delivery

Fine-Tuning the Low Submarine Delivery

Fine-Tuning the Deadball Stroke

Fine-Tuning the Deadball Stroke

The Lau/Hriniak Hitting System (Part II)

The Lau/Hriniak Hitting System (Part II)

The Lau/Hriniak Hitting System (Part I)

The Lau/Hriniak Hitting System (Part I)

The Adjusted Johnny Mize Stroke (Part II)

The Adjusted Johnny Mize Stroke (Part II)

The Adjusted Johnny Mize Stroke (Part I)

The Adjusted Johnny Mize Stroke (Part I)

An Utterly New Submarine-Pitching Technique (Part II)

An Utterly New Submarine-Pitching Technique (Part II)

An Utterly New Submarine-Pitching Technique (Part I)

An Utterly New Submarine-Pitching Technique (Part I)

The Baltimore Chop, a.k.a. "Butcher Boy"

The Baltimore Chop, a.k.a. "Butcher Boy"

Cobb Did It... But Was It a Bunt?

Cobb Did It... But Was It a Bunt?

Why Ted Williams and Deadball Don't Mix

Why Ted Williams and Deadball Don't Mix

Cob Meets Ichiro: The Fake-and-Throw-Down (Part I)

Cob Meets Ichiro: The Fake-and-Throw-Down (Part I)

Cobb Meets Ichiro: The Fake-and-Throw-Down (Part II)

Cobb Meets Ichiro: The Fake-and-Throw-Down (Part II)

The Basics of Sacrifice Bunting

The Basics of Sacrifice Bunting

Bunting: A Brief Introduction

Bunting: A Brief Introduction

How They Used a Heavy Bat (Part II)

How They Used a Heavy Bat (Part II)

How They Used a Heavy Bat (Part I)

How They Used a Heavy Bat (Part I)

A Direct-to-the-Plate Submarine Delivery

A Direct-to-the-Plate Submarine Delivery

Submarine Pitching: A New Look at Old Problems

Submarine Pitching: A New Look at Old Problems

Demonstration From the 9:30 Power Slot

Demonstration From the 9:30 Power Slot

Pitching From the 9:30 Power Slot

Pitching From the 9:30 Power Slot

Conscience as Evidence of God

Conscience as Evidence of God

Artistic Mystery and Faith in Higher Reality (Part II)

Artistic Mystery and Faith in Higher Reality (Part II)

Artistic Mystery and Faith in Higher Reality (Part I)

Artistic Mystery and Faith in Higher Reality (Part I)

The Affective Call to “Somewhere Else” Pervading Daily Life

The Affective Call to “Somewhere Else” Pervading Daily Life

Why God’s Existence Can Be Neither Proved Nor Disproved Through Reason (Part II)

Why God’s Existence Can Be Neither Proved Nor Disproved Through Reason (Part II)

Why God’s Existence Can Be Neither Proved Nor Disproved Through Reason (Part I)

Why God’s Existence Can Be Neither Proved Nor Disproved Through Reason (Part I)

The Perverted Concept of Asylum in the Secular-Utopian Church

The Perverted Concept of Asylum in the Secular-Utopian Church

The Simplest and Best Deadball-Era Stroke for Beginners

The Simplest and Best Deadball-Era Stroke for Beginners

The Simplest and Best Deadball Stroke for Beginners

The Simplest and Best Deadball Stroke for Beginners

The Perverted Concept of Giving in the Secular-Utopian Church

The Perverted Concept of Giving in the Secular-Utopian Church

The Perverted Concept of Justice in the Secular-Utopian Church

The Perverted Concept of Justice in the Secular-Utopian Church

Replicating the Simplest 1890s Swing With a Metal Bat

Replicating the Simplest 1890s Swing With a Metal Bat

If Tris Speaker Had Swung a Metal Bat...

If Tris Speaker Had Swung a Metal Bat...

You CAN Hitch—But You Won’t Learn Off a Pitching Machine

You CAN Hitch—But You Won’t Learn Off a Pitching Machine

Pitching From Multiple Arm Angles

Pitching From Multiple Arm Angles

More Deadball Techniques Applied to 90+ mph Fastballs

More Deadball Techniques Applied to 90+ mph Fastballs

Demonstration: Tris Speaker Meets a 100 mph Fastball

Demonstration: Tris Speaker Meets a 100 mph Fastball

From 1890 to 2020: What Has Changed in Hitting, What Remains the Same

From 1890 to 2020: What Has Changed in Hitting, What Remains the Same

Shorter Pitchers: Find Good Velocity Throwing Sidearm (Part I)

Shorter Pitchers: Find Good Velocity Throwing Sidearm (Part I)

Shorter Pitchers: Find Good Velocity Throwing Sidearm (Part II)

Shorter Pitchers: Find Good Velocity Throwing Sidearm (Part II)

The “Microload” That Allows Foot and Hands to Descend Together

The “Microload” That Allows Foot and Hands to Descend Together

Resurrecting Ty Cobb with a Metal Bat

Resurrecting Ty Cobb with a Metal Bat

Old-School Hitting with Metal Bat: Using the Whole Field

Old-School Hitting with Metal Bat: Using the Whole Field

The Best Deadball Swing for a Metal Bat (Part II)

The Best Deadball Swing for a Metal Bat (Part II)

The Best Deadball Swing for a Metal Bat (Part I)

The Best Deadball Swing for a Metal Bat (Part I)

Be Your Own Pitching Coach: Learning From the Weak Side (Part II)

Be Your Own Pitching Coach: Learning From the Weak Side (Part II)

Be Your Own Pitching Coach: Learning From the Weak Side (Part I)

Be Your Own Pitching Coach: Learning From the Weak Side (Part I)

Metal Bat Small Ball, Part III

Metal Bat Small Ball, Part III

Metal Bat Small Ball, Part II

Metal Bat Small Ball, Part II

Metal Bat Small Ball, Part I

Metal Bat Small Ball, Part I

Excavating the Striker’s Swing of the 1890s, Part II

Excavating the Striker’s Swing of the 1890s, Part II

Excavating the Striker’s Swing of the 1890s, Part I

Excavating the Striker’s Swing of the 1890s, Part I

Ty Cobb vs. Dan Brouthers

Ty Cobb vs. Dan Brouthers

Three Variations on the Old School Swing

Three Variations on the Old School Swing

There Is No “One Right Way” to Hit a Baseball

There Is No “One Right Way” to Hit a Baseball

Some Tweaks and Details About the 9:30 Pitching Arm Slot

Some Tweaks and Details About the 9:30 Pitching Arm Slot

Left and Right Hands Can Teach Each Other

Left and Right Hands Can Teach Each Other

Reconstructing the Pitching Technique of 90 Years Ago

Reconstructing the Pitching Technique of 90 Years Ago

Basics of the “9:30” Arm Slot

Basics of the “9:30” Arm Slot

The Ambidextrous Warm-Up

The Ambidextrous Warm-Up

The Bottom Hand and the “Mobile Back Foot”

The Bottom Hand and the “Mobile Back Foot”

Just Above Sidearm: Lift Angle, Lift Velocity

Just Above Sidearm: Lift Angle, Lift Velocity

The Intricacies of “Staying Back”

The Intricacies of “Staying Back”

The Golden Plane

The Golden Plane

Redemption for the Notorious “Hitch”

Redemption for the Notorious “Hitch”

Faith, Reality, and Baseball (2nd part)

Faith, Reality, and Baseball (2nd part)

Faith, Reality, and Baseball

Faith, Reality, and Baseball

Deadball Hitting: Fine Points

Deadball Hitting: Fine Points

I Love Paul Reddick, BUT... (Part Two)

I Love Paul Reddick, BUT... (Part Two)

I Love Paul Reddick, BUT...

I Love Paul Reddick, BUT...

The Tris Speaker Shuffle

The Tris Speaker Shuffle

Why Farm Boys Once Made Great Hitters

Why Farm Boys Once Made Great Hitters

Deadball Era Swing: Side View

Deadball Era Swing: Side View

“It’s a curve! It’s a change! It’s... a DROP??”

“It’s a curve! It’s a change! It’s... a DROP??”

“It’s a curve! It’s a change! It’s... a DROP??” (Part One)

“It’s a curve! It’s a change! It’s... a DROP??” (Part One)

Throwing the Old-School Sidearm Slider (Part Two)

Throwing the Old-School Sidearm Slider (Part Two)

Throwing the Old-School Sidearm Slider

Throwing the Old-School Sidearm Slider

Two-Seam Fastball Thrown From 8:30

Two-Seam Fastball Thrown From 8:30

Six Tips for Low-Sidearm Pitching

Six Tips for Low-Sidearm Pitching

Hand-Spreading on the Bat

Hand-Spreading on the Bat

Authority: Knowing That You “Know Nothing” Is More Than Some Pitching Coaches Know

Authority: Knowing That You “Know Nothing” Is More Than Some Pitching Coaches Know

Pitching Tips for Short, Broad Frames: Low Sidearm Angle

Pitching Tips for Short, Broad Frames: Low Sidearm Angle

Effective Backspin in Hitting: A Deadball Approach (Part Two)

Effective Backspin in Hitting: A Deadball Approach (Part Two)

Effective Backspin in Hitting: A Deadball Approach (Part One)

Effective Backspin in Hitting: A Deadball Approach (Part One)

Hitting Line Drives With a Century-Old Swing: Second Demonstration

Hitting Line Drives With a Century-Old Swing: Second Demonstration

Hitting Line Drives With a Century-Old Swing: First Demonstration

Hitting Line Drives With a Century-Old Swing: First Demonstration

The Most Incredible Claim of Deadball Hitting

The Most Incredible Claim of Deadball Hitting

Great Short Athletes in (Pre)History

Great Short Athletes in (Pre)History

Another Deadball Hitting Tip: The Mobile Back Foot

Another Deadball Hitting Tip: The Mobile Back Foot

Author discusses Deadball Era hitting

Author discusses Deadball Era hitting