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Batting Stance Guy by Gar Ryness

Batting Stance Guy

A Love Letter to Baseball

Gar Ryness, Caleb Dewart

Scribner · Print & ebook · May 11, 2010

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Who it’s for
Gar Ryness’s precise player imitations make baseball’s changing eras part of the appeal.
Themes
Baseball, Baseball nostalgia, Imitating baseball players
Genres
Baseball, Sports Lives

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About this book

Batting Stance Guy never expected he would become a YouTube celebrity, racking up more than two million views, landing profiles in The New York Times and USA Today, and even scoring an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. But when a friend and neighbor started capturing this man’s unusual talents with a video camera, that’s what happened.

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With uncanny precision, Batting Stance Guy can mimic any baseball player he’s ever seen, and the results will take you back—to the game last night, or last year, or in 1980, or anywhere in-between.

Baseball Batting Stances

Gar Ryness’s precise player imitations make baseball’s changing eras part of the appeal.

Come here for

  • Precise mimics of baseball players’ batting stances
  • A trip through baseball moments from 1980 to last night

Expect

  • Batting stances modeled on players he has seen
  • Baseball memories spanning decades

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Sports Lives55%

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Publisher categories

  • Sports & Recreation
  • Baseball
  • Baseball History
Authors
Gar Ryness, Caleb Dewart
Publisher
Scribner
Published
May 11, 2010
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Baseball · Baseball nostalgia · Imitating baseball players
Reading lane
Sports & Recreation