Clipping:Batters standing behind the line
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Date | Saturday, September 29, 1860 |
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Text | Another rule Umpires neglect to enforce, is that which requires the striker to stand on the line of his base. Not one striker in twenty does this: all more or less avail themselves of the neglect of Umpires, to stand from two to four feet behind the base instead of on a line with it, and thus balls that would be fairly struck, if the striker were in his right position, are struck foul from his being so far behind his base, and he thereby escapes being put out at 1st base, which he would be if he were to strike such balls from the positions required by the rules. |
Source | New York Clipper |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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