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Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, Letter B

1920

This slide shows a diagram showcasing different standing positions and strides in the batter's box, perhaps created by Leslie Mann. Mann broke the batter's box into 9 parts on both the left and right side of home plate, creating a total of 18 spots, and Mann drew lines to 9 of these 18 spots, labeling each of these 9 chosen spots with a different number.

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Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, Letter D

1920

This slide show a diagram showcasing the different types of batting follow throughs that different players use depending on their preferences. At the top of the slide it says, "The Bat 'Follow Through'". Players listed include, Roger Hornsby, Del Gainer, and Hernie Groh.

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Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 1

1920

Rogers Hornsby, a second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, gazes downward at his bat while holding it in his hands at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio. Hornsby is holding an average length bat of 35 inches. This type of baseball bat is the most popular type of baseball bat that was used in the 1920's.

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Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 26

1920

Jack Fournier, a first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, stares directly at the camera with his front right foot planted firmly on the ground while only the toe of his left foot is planted. Fournier holds a bat horizontally on the left side of his body with both of his hands.

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Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 28

1922

Del Gainer, a first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, stands holding a baseball bat to the left side of his body with both of his hands while gazing forward. His front foot remains planted on the ground while only the toe of his back foot is planted on the ground.

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Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 42

1920

Rogers Hornsby, a second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, stands in the back of the batters box at home plate. Hornsby holds the bat with both hands to the right side of his body, and appears to be watching the baseball after hitting it as his eyes look upward towards the sky. Hornsby's back right foot has come forward as he prepares to step again with his left foot and begin to run to first base. A catcher stands behind Hornsby.

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Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 48

1920

Del Gainer, a first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, stands next to a dugout holding a bat in his hands with his feet spread much more than shoulder distance apart. Another Cardinals player sits on the edge of the dugout behind Gainer.

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