Clipping:AA pitching rules and the foul balk

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Date Tuesday, March 13, 1883
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[reporting on the AA meeting, rules revisions] The rule requiring pitchers to keep the arm below the hip was modified, and the twirler will hereafter be permitted to throw from the shoulder, but not about it. … The old foul balk was eradicated and a new style adopted. Now, if a pitcher gets his arm higher than his shoulder and the umpire calls a balk, the man at the bat and those on the bases are advanced a base.

Source Cincinnati Enquirer
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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