Clipping:Interpreting 'in the hands of the pitcher'
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| Date | Sunday, June 17, 1860 |
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| Text | [Putnams vs. Eckfords, 6/13/60] ...Gillespie [of the Putnams] got a run in from the third to the home base, in the sixth inning, for which “Johnny” [Grum, Eckford pitcher] was slightly to blame. A foul-ball was struck by Wanzer, and both Beach [Eckford catcher] and Grum were eager to catch it, some distance to the left rear of the home base. Before either got to their places, Grum received the ball from Beach, which put the ball in play, and Gillespie seized the opportunity, when the base was completely unguarded, to complete his run. About this point in the game there is a difference of opinion–some contending that the rule providing that a foul-ball “must be settled in the hands of the pitcher” before it is in play, contemplates that the pitcher must be in his right position, and that, therefore, the ball is not in play until the pitcher takes his position. We have not room to argue this question. Custom interprets the rule as it was illustrated, last Wednesday, when the umpire [A. J. Bixby of the Eagle Club] made no objection to Gillespie’s run. |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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