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 Mountain Views News Saturday June 30, 2012 


The Baseball Reliquary Presents

BASEBALL BY THE BOOKS

Exhibition: July 3-July 30, 2012

Pasadena Central Library

285 E. Walnut Street, Pasadena, California

 The Baseball Reliquary presents “Baseball by the Books,” an exhibition 
spotlighting some of the classic baseball books, both fiction and non-fiction, published 
since World War II, from July 3-July 30, 2012, at the Pasadena Central Library, 285 E. 
Walnut Street, Pasadena, California. The displays will be in the Humanities and Business 
Wings, and in the Centennial Room. The exhibition will include first edition copies of 
many books which have made a significant contribution to the field of baseball literature 
and which are indispensable to any baseball library. Also on view will be photographs, 
illustrations, artifacts, and documents related to the featured books. 

 Among the highlights of the exhibition are a series of short, original essays 
written by authors and historians, including Marty Appel (on The Glory of Their Times 
by Lawrence Ritter), Jean Hastings Ardell (on A Day in the Bleachers by Arnold Hano), 
Ron Kaplan (on The Tao of Baseball by Go), Bruce Markusen (on Ball Four by Jim 
Bouton), Andy McCue (on The Southpaw by Mark Harris), and Mike Shannon (on The 
Long Season by Jim Brosnan). Other books highlighted include Veeck – as in Wreck 
by Bill Veeck (which was published fifty years ago next month); Eight Men Out by 
Eliot Asinof; The Dickson Baseball Dictionary by Paul Dickson; The Great American 
Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book by Brendan C. Boyd and 
Fred C. Harris; The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn; and Baseball’s Golden Age: The 
Photographs of Charles M. Conlon and The Big Show: Charles M. Conlon’s Golden Age 
Baseball Photographs by Neal and Constance McCabe. Also featured are illustrations 
by Mark Ulriksen for the Arion Press edition of Arnold Hano’s A Day in the Bleachers, 
and a selection of Scott Hannig’s original art for Mike Shannon’s graphic novel, Hutch: 
Baseball’s Fred Hutchinson and a Legacy of Courage, a biography of the major league 
pitcher and manager, one of baseball’s most beloved figures, who was stricken by fatal 
lung cancer at the height of his managerial career.

 Library hours for the exhibition are Monday-Thursday, 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.; 
Friday-Saturday, 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; and Sunday, 1:00-5:00 p.m. For further information, 
contact the Baseball Reliquary by phone at (626) 791-7647 or by e-mail at terymar@
earthlink.net. For directions, phone the Pasadena Central Library at (626) 744-4066 
during library hours.

 The exhibition, which is free of charge, is made possible, in part, by a grant to the 
Baseball Reliquary from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los 
Angeles County Arts Commission.

DEEP ROUGH


I believe there are three reasons why amateur 
golfers struggle out of deep rough. The number 
one reason is because professional golfers play 
golf from the golf ball to the green and amateur 
golfers play golf from the green back to the golf 
ball.

Professional golfers look at the lie, their stance, 
wind, yardage and a few other considerations. 
Amateur golfers look at the yardage, grab a club 
and swing away. The second reason amateurs 
struggle from deep rough is they are counting on 
a miracle recover shot. Unfortunately that is why 
they are in the deep rough in the first place. 

Lastly is the technique that you have to use to 
get out of deep rough. If Jack Nicklaus or Tiger 
Woods attempted to hit a shot out of deep rough 
with their regular golf swing they could not 
advance the golf ball. 

Making solid contact with a golf ball that is in 
deep rough takes a special swing. 

Play Smart

Let’s start from the beginning. When I 
approach a golf ball in deep rough the first 
question I ask myself is “if I hit a perfect shot 
what can I expect the results to be”. Then I work 
backyards. Can I reach the green or not? If it 
hits the green is it going to stop? What are my 
chances of making great contact with this lie? 

I think you are starting to get it. Let’s do our 
homework first before we pull out a 3 wood and 
try and advance the ball 235 yards down the 
fairway over a lake, on to the green and have it 
stop next to the hole.

Now with this thinking it eliminates the 
second problem which is the miracle shot. If 
you want to learn how to play out of deep rough, 
watch a couple of the Open Championships this 
summer and you wont believe how many times 
the players take out their wedges and pitch the 
ball back in play. 

Now that I have you checking the lie and 
working from the ball to the hole, let’s spend 
some time on the technique of advancing the ball 
from deep rough.

The Secret

The main reason you struggle is because the 
hosel of the golf club (the part that connects the 
shaft with the head) gets hung up in the grass. If 
you, I or Jack Nicklaus swings the golf club on 
the same arc the length of the grass grabs the 
hosel and turns the toe before impact. 

Sometimes you can make a great swing only 
to look up and see the golf ball 10 yards in front 
of you. You have to have a completely different 
swing so the hosel does not come in contact with 
the tall grass.

When you address the golf ball you have to 
make sure that you swing the golf club UP and 
DOWN not around. The best way to do this is 
to place 70% of your weight on your left foot at 
address. Now this is the secret once again, swing 
the arms up and down and make sure you do this 
without shifting any weight to the right foot.

Now there is one more thing you have to 
remember. DO NOT allow the golf club to swing 
UP after impact. Keep the clubhead low to the 
ground so the power is going down not out.

Want to learn more? Go to Bobby Eldridges 
Purepoint Golf Forum at www.purepointgolf.com


SANTA ANITA PARK LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS 
FOR THE THE 2012 BREEDERS' CUP

This is your chance to be part of the action by welcoming thousands of guests 
to Santa Anita Park for the world's greatest races! The Breeders' Cup takes place 
November 2 and 3, 2012. Please contact Connie Russell to register or get more 
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