Clipping:Rules changes; pitchers box; modern batting order
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| Date | Sunday, December 8, 1878 |
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| Text | [reporting on the NL convention] Instead of every third bad ball pitched being called, every bad ball will be called in one two three order till nine is reached, when the batsman will take his base. In no other respect is the matter of calling balls and strikes changed. The foul-bound “out” is abolished, rendering all fouls to be caught on the fly to insure an “out.” While it by means [sic: should be “by no means”] follows that a batsman will make a safe hit the next time he strikes, instead of going out on a foul, as he does at present, yet it gives him one more chance to make a hit, and is, therefore, a slight step in aid of improved batting. The altering of the pitcher's position, from six feet square to six by four, may possibly aid the batsman, inasmuch as some pitcher will be disabled from using so much strategy in their delivery. This, however, remains to be tried, and opinions differ as to the effect. The striking order was changed so that, after the first innings, the man at the bat shall be the one who follows the last batter in the preceding innings, instead of following the last man out as at present. This is done to equalize the batting, and to prevent the audience from becoming confused in this respect, as was often the case under the old rule. |
| Source | Boston Herald |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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