[Dick Rudolph's grip on ball, Boston NL (baseball)] (LOC)

    Bain News Service,, publisher.

    [Dick Rudolph's grip on ball, Boston NL (baseball)]

    [1914]

    1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

    Notes:
     Original data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards: James, Tyler, Rudolph, Rudolph, Rudolph's hold on ball.
    Corrected title and date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006.
    Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

    Format: Glass negatives.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

    Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.17422

    Call Number: LC-B2- 3252-9

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      yennyDESIGN, Kevin Mosley, ⎨ zzz ⎬, Itinerant Wanderer, and 30 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. TVL1970 (14 months ago | reply)

      Dick Rudolph apparently demonstrating the grip for his renowned curveball.
      See:
      bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l& pid=12306&am...

      Dick Rudolph
      by Dick Leyden

      Though he stood only 5'9.5" and weighed just 160 lbs., Dick Rudolph was a large component of George Stallings' "Big Three" that helped lead the 1914 Boston Braves to their miraculous pennant and World Series sweep. "He was the bellwether of the pitching staff," said Braves coach Fred Mitchell, "and being a little fellow, I believe his success had much to do with big Bill James and George Tyler putting out that little extra effort to keep pace with the cocky kid from the Bronx." Unlike the hard-throwing James and Tyler, Rudolph was a "pitching cutie" who relied on his great curveball and spectacular control. He also threw a spitball, but "about the best you could say for it was that it was wet," recalled his catcher Hank Gowdy.

    3. ⎨ zzz ⎬ (14 months ago | reply)

      Very coo pic

    4. M. Al-Dhafeeri "Pirate" (14 months ago | reply)

      Marvelous work!

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