Clipping:A foul off an accident hit
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Date | Saturday, October 3, 1863 |
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Text | [Baltic vs. Mystic 9/21/1863] Another circumstance worthy of remark was that of the umpire calling a foul ball when the ball glanced from the striker’s bat without any effort being made to strike. The rule makes a ball foul when from “a stroke of the bat” it hits the ground behind the line of the bases. Now when a player hits the ball with the bat in an effort to avoid it, it is just as much a stroke of the bat as if he had struck at it as far as foul balls are concerned, and we therefore think the decision made, in this case, a correct one. We comment thus on these points, for the instruction of young players mainly. |
Source | New York Clipper |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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