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|Year=1854 | |Year=1854 | ||
|Year Number=1 | |||
|Headline=NY Rules Now Specify Pitching Distance "Not Less Than 15 yards;" Ball Specs Defined | |||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Age of Players=Adult | |||
|Text=<p>The New York Game rules now specify the distance from the pitcher's point to home base as "not less than fifteen yards."</p> | |Text=<p>The New York Game rules now specify the distance from the pitcher's point to home base as "not less than fifteen yards."</p> | ||
<p> | <p>Sullivan writes: "In 1854 a revised version of the original Knickerbocker rules was approved by a small committee of NY baseball officials, including Dr. [Doc] Adams. This document describes the first known meeting of baseball club representatives. Three years later, a much larger convention would result in the NABBC."</p> | ||
<p>The point of the meeting was for the Knickerbockers, Gotham, and Eagle Clubs to adopt and use the same rules.</p> | |||
<p>Specification of the nature of the base ball was also now given; "The ball shall weigh from five and a half to six ounces, and be from two and three-quarters to three and a half inches in diameter."</p> | |||
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|Sources=<p>The 17 playing rules [the 1845 rules number 14] are reprinted in Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908</span> [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 18-19.</p> | |||
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|Query=<p>Do we know what pitching distance was used in games played before 1854?</p> | |||
<p>Is it seen as coincidental that the specifications of a base ball were so close to those of a cricket ball?</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
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| Text | The New York Game rules now specify the distance from the pitcher's point to home base as "not less than fifteen yards." Sullivan writes: "In 1854 a revised version of the original Knickerbocker rules was approved by a small committee of NY baseball officials, including Dr. [Doc] Adams. This document describes the first known meeting of baseball club representatives. Three years later, a much larger convention would result in the NABBC." The point of the meeting was for the Knickerbockers, Gotham, and Eagle Clubs to adopt and use the same rules. Specification of the nature of the base ball was also now given; "The ball shall weigh from five and a half to six ounces, and be from two and three-quarters to three and a half inches in diameter."
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| Sources | The 17 playing rules [the 1845 rules number 14] are reprinted in Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908 [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 18-19.
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