1859.29
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Annual Meeting of NABBP Decides: Bound Rule, No Pros
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Baseball ProfessionalismBaseball Professionalism |
| Location | Greater New York CityGreater New York City |
| City/State/Country: | NYC, NY, United States |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | The fly rule lost by a 32-30 vote. Compensation for playing any game was outlawed. The official ball shrunk slightly in weight and size. Matches would be decided by single games. |
| Sources | "Base Ball," The New York Clipper (March 26, 1859). |
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| Comment | The paper worried that easy fielding would "reduce the 'batting' part of the game to a nonentity Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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| Submitted by | Craig Waff |
| Submission Note | September 2008 |
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1859.29 Annual Meeting of NABBP Decides: Bound Rule, No Pros"
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