Clipping:Changing the batting order to the next man after the last man at bat the previous inning
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| Date | Saturday, December 28, 1878 |
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| Text | The new reading of the rule governing the striking order is as follows: The batsmen must take their positions in the order in which they are directed by the captain of their club; and, after each player has had one time “at bat,” the striker-order thus established shall not be changed during the game. After the first inning the first striker in each inning shall be the batsman whose name follows that of the last man at the bat in the preceding inning. This is an improvement to the extent that it gets rid of the confusion which frequently prevails among the spectators and even players as to who is the first striker in the second or following inning of a match, and it also prevents a batsman having an undue number of chances at the bat. Now, no matter how players running bases may be put out, the player next in order to the man “last at the bat” becomes the first striker in the ensuing inning. The last man at the bat may be the third striker put out, and he may not be, as the case of his forcing a base-runner out after two men had been retired; nevertheless, the batsman next in order takes the first strike. Under the old rule a batsman might force third man out at second base, and in the next inning take his strike over again, because he was “next to the third man out,” whom he had himself forced out. Under the new rule each batsman will have the same number of times at the bat in a match, so far as the rules can possibly control the matter. New York Clipper December 28, 1878 A very important change in the rules for the spectator to note is that the “next man” to bat in future will be the one following the last batter, not the third man out, as heretofore. This will greatly simplify the score, and not permit of the frequent doubling back and repeating, as under the old rule. Chicago Inter-Ocean December 7, 1878 |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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