Learn From The Greats

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y to steal ’em, anymore. Usually a club has five or six different sets of signals, and they’re apt to switch five or six times in the course of a game if they think their opponents are getting wise. And then, if you think you have the signs and haven’t you’re in an awful fix. Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball | Project Gutenberg CHAPTER XI Cobb is game’s greatest natural hitter—Is master of style—A few Cobb yarns—Swing hitters and choke hitters—Importance and weakness of each style—Gehrig’s hitting style—What makes him great—Willie Keeler’s motto—The value of waiting—Correcting batting faults. The greatest natural hitter I ever saw is Ty Cobb. There may be fellows who can hit the ball further, and there are other chaps perhaps who may excel him in some particular department of hitting. But for all around class up there at the plate Cobb stands alone. I never saw Hans Wagner nor Napoleon Lajoie or the other old-timers who loomed great as hitters. Perhaps they were as good as Ty. Some fellows claim they were. But personally I don’t believe it. I don’t believe there ever was another one like Cobb, or ever will be. To young fellows, anxious to learn how to hit, the best advice I can give is simply this: “Watch Cobb. Study his stance, h