Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 184

Title:: Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 184
Description:: 'At Sportsman Park in St. Louis Missouri, a pitcher stands on the mound with an infielder playing at first base, second base, short stop, and third base behind him. All of the infielders have their hands on their knees in set position awaiting a possible hit from a batter, while the pitcher is standing straight looking forward at home plate.
Creator:: Mann, Leslie
Date:: 1922
Format:: Photographs
Location:: Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):: Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection
Subjects:: Baseball
Baseball caps
Baseball fields
Baseballs
Baseball cards
Fielding
Fielding Stance
Sportsman Park, St. Louis, Missouri
Link to Item:: https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16122coll10/id/213
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Publisher:: Springfield College
Language:: English
Notes:: This lantern slide shows the normal position that infielders stand in when awaiting a baseball to be hit to them by the batter. The infielders all stand a few steps behind the bases, and are very close to being in the outfield. This position is good because it would give the infielder ample time to react to the baseball if there was a line drive hit at them. However, it could also be bad in the sense that a batter could lay a bunt down here and would most likely be able to reach first base successfully. This is referred to as when the infielders play back naturally, meaning that without taking into consideration bunting, the fielders are in the best position possible to maximize their levels of success.
Terrible condition;
The whole entire image is covered in cracks.
This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); one scan of the image (transparecy); the two images were then combined in Photoshop to create the final image.
Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, "The Fundamentals of Baseball"
Identifier:: LANT-BSBL-184-03
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