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Show I Bat Practice Hurts 1 Style of Moundsmen sS Pitchers say that batting prac- 5j tlce spoils them. Pitching to JS batters In the daily practice J 5 cramps their style. S 8 To pitch to batters in prac- tice means laying the ball over j the plate with nothing on it. l Any time the pitcher hooks one Q he is called down. He cannot SS g use any stuff on the ball. An S Jt amount of this kind of pitching 5j JjS means that the pitcher gets into J$ S the habit of laying the ball over g S and he does It unconsciously f, when called on to pitch In a S 8 game. ? It is the explanation they give jj sj for pitchers suddenly being hit S R hard in a game and the expla- Sjj 'A nation carries a certain amount 'A ty of logic. a |