Posted By:
Ted Zanidakis"he is bending over backwards to catch a ball falling perpendicular to the ground"
1st.....a fly ball does not fall "perpendicular to the ground".....it goes up in an arching trajectory and comes
down in an arching trajectory. Therefore, a PITCHER trying to catch a pop fly (or a high fly) near the mound
is going to have some difficulty in judging it (and especially if wind is a factor). That appears to be exactly
the case in this Dunn pix where he is leaning back in preparation to catch this type of fly ball.
2nd....if Jack Dunn was a 1st baseman, then I might be inclined to consider the "horizontal card" argument.
As, he would be in a stretching pose to catch the throw......but, Jack Dunn was a PITCHER during most of
his playing career.
TED Z