Clipping:Returning to the base on a run on a foul ball
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| Date | Saturday, December 23, 1882 |
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| Text | [reporting on the new AA rules] In Section 11 of Rule 51 the rule now reads as follows: “If, when the ball from a foul hit has struck the ground once before being caught or the batsman has made a foul strike, the base-runner shall return to the base he left when the ball was so struck, without his being put out, provided he do so on the run.” This does away with the rule in vogue in the American arena of the past season, which admitted of playing running bases on foul-bound hits, being put out in returning simply by the ball being held by the pitcher, whether in his position or otherwise, a rule which was the death to base-running. In reference to the running back on foul balls, it was decided that it was optional with the runner to run back or walk back, but that if he ran back he was exempt from being put out, while if he did not he was liable to be put out by being touched while off a base, as in the case of running any base. The umpire, however, cannot decide him out for not running back, except he be touched while off a base. This is the League as well as the American definition now. The object of the rule is to prevent delay. If the ball be hit a long distance foul, the base-runner occasions no delay by walking back; but if it be a short hit he will have to run to escape being put out by being touched. |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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