Pitch of the week

Pitch of the week
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Title: Pitch of the week
Description:

Close-up of the right hand of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine gripping baseball in four different positions, against neutral background; 0177 shows hand held down, with wrist turned in. See also DODG 0174, 0175, and 0176. Caption on 0177: "Pitch of the Week: Start of the curve that baffled the Cubs."

Date: 1952
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: Title from caption on verso of 0177.
On versos of 0176 and 0177: date stamped: Jun. 22, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
0176 retouched, with grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Brooklyn Dodgers
Subject: Erskine, Carl.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
Baseball players
Hand.
Baseballs.
Pitching (Baseball)
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: DODG 0177