A picture ( or two ) says a thousand words ::

[MikeGarcia]

Frankie The Crow Crossetti at Spring training camp in St. Pete , F L A , 1936:


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..And then ten years later , this gem appears in the 1946 Sports Exchange series and winds up in my Hank mancave :

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.Coolest job in the world in those days had to be the sports pages photographer . Batboy was awesome too I imagine.

..It's nice to stumble across stuff like this ; the clipping is from a kid's thick homemade scrapbook of nothing but the 1936 baseball season , in amazing detail. I'm passing it on to Tim N , for his reference department . Hi Tim.

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[Leon]

Love the poses. I really like the Greenberg one...

[brianp-beme]

Here is another for the leaping lizards among us.

Brian

[Chris-Counts]

Here's Leapin' Leo and Flying' Phil ...

[doug.goodman]

From the m113 and m114 sets...

Technically the Gehrig is just a stretch...

[ValKehl]

Very recently consigned to REA:

[FrankWakefield]

Am I going to have to dig out Rebel Oakes from the E90-1's???

[FrankWakefield]

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1720236998


Do any of you know how quickly you must jump so as to get that glove above the frame of the card?

[Leon]

Got it!

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Leon

Got it!

Without even having to leap or stretch! Great Texas Tommy card, Leon, especially the condition of it!

Here's Jumpin' Joe Judge from the 1931 Senators team issue:

[Leon]

Magee

[brunswickreeves]

Jackie!

[h2oya311]

Not sure why Cronin is reaching with his non-glove hand, but it’s a stretch none-the-less:



But the prize for the best hops has got to go to “Jumpin’ Joe” Gordon:



Pee-Wee comes in a close second with his leap:


Bill Terry and Stan Musial want in on the action as well:

[Cubanball]

From an Cuban 1950s Almendares yearbook