Clipping:A backdoor scoring of sacrifice flies
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| Date | Wednesday, February 3, 1886 |
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| Text | [from a column by Caylor] The base hit theory is badly abused. Two years ago while the Cincinnati Club was playing in a certain city I was surprised to see in the newspaper scores the credit of a base hit to one of the home players who I was quite certain had never reached first base. I spoke of this to the official scorer and asked for an explanation. It was readily given. “So-and-so did not reach first base as you say, but don't you recollect that thus-and-thus was on third base once and came home on So-and-so's long difficult fly to Jones in left field.” Certainly I remembered it, but I suggested that the rules would not admit of a base hit being thus scored. “O, d--- the rules,” was the curt reply. “If a man deserves a thing he ought to have it and we give it to him here, rules or no rules; that long line fly was as deserving as a base hit and much more so than a little poop fly which drops safely midway between fielders.” The theory of the reply was good, but the practical part of it was grossly unfair. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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