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08-05-2012, 06:03 PM
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I'm not a Wagner expert. Was he known to have batted lefthanded?
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08-05-2012, 06:42 PM
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I found this online and assume they were talking about this photo since the photo itself did not come up. Take it for what it's worth:
Larry Larse at a Simnasium.com forum posted this Photo of Hall-of-Famer, Honus Wagner, a right handed hitter, batting left handed. Hall of Fame catcher Roger Bresnahan is also shown in this photo, making it even more disirable. This photo was shown to SABR (The Society for American Baseball Research), where both Wagner and Bresnahan were identified in the photo. Apparently, Wagner did, on very rare occasions, bat left handed out of frustration, when he was having a particularly bad day at the plate. This is the only known photo of the “Flying Dutchman” hitting from the left side. This at bat was captured at the Polo Grounds during a Giants-Pirates game on Sept. 18, 1908. I found that here: http://www.halfwaytoconcord.com/honu...g-left-handed/
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08-05-2012, 07:11 PM
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08-05-2012, 07:47 PM
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From the side view, the face does look like Hans, but I am surprised that he is that slender across the shoulder.
Great pic Ben.
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08-05-2012, 08:19 PM
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I was watching this one on ebay. I wasn't sure who was in the photo. I put my bid in at $28. I was sniped.
 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=221057149168
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08-05-2012, 09:59 PM
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David..Wags did bat lefty at times.. ck this out..read the last paragraph about Wagner here:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?ni...pg=2047,525889 The same note that a reviewer makes about his biography: "Although there is a tendency to think that Wagner could hit any pitcher who ever lived, he tells of one hurler, Jack Taylor, who gave him more trouble than any other. So much trouble, that Wagner once turned around and batted left-handed against the right-handed Taylor. Although Wagner says he "swung like a woman" he also punched the ball over the first base bag for a double. Other anecdotes include the time Jack Murray of the Giants made a game-saving catch by a flash of lightning, a bit on the game (and the box score) that clinched the 1901 pennant, Bill Klem tossing Clarke from a game for saying he was "a model umpire," and much more." Mike.. I did purchase this yes. Either way, it is a beautiful photo I thought. If it is Wagner, then it is really special.
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