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Harper's Suggests Plugging Still Used in Base-ball

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Newspaper Coverage
Location US
City/State/Country: United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Text

"Base-ball differs from cricket, especially, in there being no wickets. The bat is held high in the air. When the ball has been struck the 'outs' try to catch it, in which case the striker is 'out;' or, if they can not do this, to strike the striker with it when he is running, which likewise puts him out."

 

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Harper's, October 15, 1859, as quoted by Richard Hershberger, Monday June 13, 2005, on the SABR 19CBB listserve. 

Comment

It is conceivable that Harper's intended to describe the tagging of runners.

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