⚾️ Batting Stances Through Baseball History 🧢 1900s–1930s: The “Natural Era” • In the 1920s and early ’30s, hitters like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Rogers Hornsby used relaxed, almost casual stances. • Many stood upright with the bat resting on their shoulder, or slightly crouched with minimal hand movement. • There wasn’t yet the obsession with launch angle or biomechanics — hitters simply adjusted to see the ball and generate power through a full-body whip. • Swings were rotational but loose,