Ty Cobb Swinging the Baseball Bat
Description
A slide of a black-and-white, full-length image of Ty Cobb swinging a baseball bat from the book Touching Second: The Science of Baseball by Johnny Evers and Hugh Fullerton. His left foot is planted and his right foot is off the ground a few inches. The baseball bat is in the full backswing position. His right hand is at the bat knob and left hand above the right on the bat. Based on the Detroit Tigers home uniform details the image is from 1908-1911. There is another player standing behind him, possibly in the on-deck area. The player is leaning on his bat with his left hand watching Cobb bat. The caption below the picture read "Tyrus Cobb, the great exponent of the modern "speed-game" and a heavy hitter. The words "1910" is written on the physical slide.
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Picture Date
1908–1910