Clipping:Scoring a fielders choice and earned runs

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Date Wednesday, January 26, 1887
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[from a letter from Nick Young] This query has also been propounded:-- “A. Reaches first on a safe hit; B forces him out at second--no chance for a double play; B. Finally scores on hits; is B.’s run earned? To this I would answer no. A man must earn his first. Had A. Not occupied the base, B. Would probably have been retired. It would be manifestly unfair to credit B. With an earned run after he had forced a man out by his weak batting, and scored on the hits of other players. The same rule would, of course, hold were B. To reach first on being struck by the pitcher or upon an illegally delivered ball.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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