Clipping:Undisciplined batters
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| Date | Sunday, June 27, 1869 |
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| Text | [from a letter to the editor re Cincinnati vs. Athletic 6/21/1869] ...had they batted as they did last year, they would have won it. Relying too much on their traditional renown as batters, instead of waiting till they got balls to suit them, in their impatience, they struck at any thing, and in consequence, for a long while, failed to score; or when they did hit, it was either as if they were afraid they might hurt the ball, or else deference to the feelings of their visitors, compelled them to be as delicate and gentle as possible; while each man asserted, before he went in to bat, that he was going to wait for his ball and hit it hard, either his courage forsook him, or his patience oozed out. Philadelphia Sunday Mercury June 27, 1869 A man calls for a ball knee high, yet he can be seen flying at one far out of reach, and over his head. Another called for a waist-high ball, only to find himself hitting at every ball pitched at his feet. This clearly shows that the striker doesn’t know where he wants the ball. Such a thing as a first-class player ‘striking out’ should never be heard of; yet it occurs every day. If the batting department were oftener practiced, such defeats as related above would never be known. Philadelphia Sunday Mercury July 4, 1869, quoting Wilkes Spirit of the Times |
| Source | Philadelphia Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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