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JoannI'm twisting myself into a pretzel here trying to figure out what this pose is.
The grip is a left-hand batting grip. And position of arms and bat are from the follow through of a swing. But if he has just swung the bat, then he's on the toe of the wrong foot. And he is also be looking in the opposite direction from the pitcher.
Is this from using a photo negative and it's just backward? It has to be, right? I've seen many portraits where the picture is reversed from one set compared to another, but never in an action shot. Is this uncommon for action shots? Does it happen in certain sets more than others?
Also, from the photo it looks like the bat has almost no taper at all. Since one of my biggest reasons for liking vintage cards is watching how equipment changes, I'm very interested in the lack of taper here. Is that real, or is it a result of photo cropping?
Thx,
Joann
Edited to add scan. Duh.