Clipping:A dissent regarding scientific batting

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Date	Sunday, October 17, 1875
Text	A Hartford paper sniffs at the commonly received idea of scientific batting, and advances the following heretical notions: “Among the absurd notions dispelled by the season’s play is ‘scientific batting,’ so-called. More games than a few have been lost by players who believe that a ball should only be hit scientifically, and with a view of sending it to some particular point in the field. There probably is not a player in the professional who would not admit that he has driven the ball in a contrary direction to that intended more times than he has where he set his mind upon sending it. Scientific pitching is a great thing, and, as long as men have to face such skillful pitching as that of Spaulding, Bond, Knight, and Josephs, scientific batting is an absurdity. The only thing to do is to hit the ball, and its course after is as much a matter of luck as science.
Source	New York Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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