The Story of Rogers Hornsby: Baseball’s Relentless Right-Handed Genius When baseball fans talk about the purest hitters who ever lived, Rogers Hornsby’s name always belongs near the front of the conversation. He was not simply a great player from another era; he was a man whose entire identity seemed built around the art of batting a baseb

Rogers Hornsby: The Fierce Genius of Baseball’s Golden Age Rogers Hornsby remains one of the most fascinating figures in baseball history. He was not simply a great player from another era; he was a man whose entire identity seemed built around the art of batting a baseball. Born in Winters, Texas, in 1896, Hornsby grew up far from the moder