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Ty Cobb

Caption: Ty Cobb
Additional Description: Ty Cobb at Comiskey Park in a batting stance, 1926. Note Cobb's split hands hold on the bat. Unlike most players, Cobb felt he gained more control over the bat with this grip.

[Library of Congress Collection, SDN-065976, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society]
Submitted: August 25, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p33205
File Size: 0.057 Megabytes

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