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  1.                                  When people think of 
  2.                                  home run hitters, they 
  3.                                  think of big, burly men. At 
  4.                                  5' 9" and 170 pounds, Mel 
  5.                                  Ott was hardly that. But 
  6. for 22 seasons, he was one of the most
  7. feared sluggers in baseball and became the
  8. first National Leaguer to hit 500 home runs.
  9.  
  10. Besides awesome power, the lefthanded
  11. hitter brought a unique batting style to the
  12. plate. With his feet planted wide apart he
  13. would approach a pitch by raising his right
  14. leg in the air, dropping it quickly, and lashing
  15. at the ball.  
  16.  
  17. It obviously worked because Mel was
  18. wearing a major league uniform by the
  19. time he was 17. As a member of the