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have been easy outs, turned into singles, doubles and triples. Blows that might have been doubles or triples on grass were played on the rebound or carom into singles. Batters who could hit a high-bounce ground ball, preferably over the pitcher’s head, prevailed over those who hit what in former days would have been described as a “grasscutter.”
Both teams, St. Louis and Kansas City, fielded teams that had been chosen and trained to play the rug game. Batters who could hit ground balls or short line drives were chosen over those who could hit fly balls. Preferred pitchers were those who could get batters to hit fly balls. Outfielders, it appeared, were chosen not because they could hit the long ball, but because they were fast on foot, able to run down balls rolling about the infield. Infielders needed little lateral movement since about the only ground balls they were able to field were those hit straight at them, or that they eould reach with a third baseman-type leap, lunge or grab.
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