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  • |Title=a shift ...ld] at right-centre, and Powers [left fielder] at left-centre. The moment a right-handed batsman took his place, the field was moved round to the regul
    838 bytes (124 words) - 19:16, 29 February 2020
  • |Title=a suggested shift ...that mere force of muscle is not skill, and that ere he can be considered a reliable batsman he must acquire the power of placing his ball.</p>
    581 bytes (99 words) - 19:02, 29 February 2020
  • |Title=an outfield shift against a left-handed batter ...York being a left-handed batter, Bechtel [right fielder] was “laying” for a foul-bound, and Treacy [center fielder] came around to right field, so that
    554 bytes (82 words) - 18:50, 29 February 2020

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  • |Title=a suggested shift ...that mere force of muscle is not skill, and that ere he can be considered a reliable batsman he must acquire the power of placing his ball.</p>
    581 bytes (99 words) - 19:02, 29 February 2020
  • |Title=an outfield shift against a left-handed batter ...York being a left-handed batter, Bechtel [right fielder] was “laying” for a foul-bound, and Treacy [center fielder] came around to right field, so that
    554 bytes (82 words) - 18:50, 29 February 2020
  • ...pitcher takes on the ball before it leaves his hand. A smart pitcher will shift his fingers and fool you at the last minute as he draws back his hand; oth
    500 bytes (84 words) - 20:35, 29 February 2020
  • |Title=a shift ...ld] at right-centre, and Powers [left fielder] at left-centre. The moment a right-handed batsman took his place, the field was moved round to the regul
    838 bytes (124 words) - 19:16, 29 February 2020
  • ...ing the stockholders of the Cleveland Club to shift their burden, and reap a profit in so doing. St.</p>
    1 KB (196 words) - 19:55, 29 February 2020
  • ...expected to catch or stop all balls pitched or thrown home; he will, when a player is running from the first to second base, stand as near the batsman <p>Unencumbered by protective equipment, catchers could shift their position to suit the base-running situation.</p>
    788 bytes (119 words) - 11:48, 16 November 2020
  • ...nd thereby losing the eighth club in the Association it is proposed to put a stop to the sale and President Wickoff has been requested not to ratify the ...d some wiring to Eastern managers it was decided to settle the business in a special meeting. President Stern is now said to be negotiating for the rel
    1 KB (235 words) - 20:36, 29 February 2020
  • |Title=an early shift; how to score it |Text=<p>[from answers to correspondents] In the club contesting there was a left-hand striker. When this striker took the bat the players changed posi
    943 bytes (160 words) - 18:31, 29 February 2020
  • ...got enough and draw out? “Oh,”was the reply, “There'll be money made for a couple of years anyhow, and then, well, that's too far off to speculate abo ...re in it for the money and when it ceases to be profitable the players may shift for themselves.</p>
    1 KB (253 words) - 20:40, 29 February 2020
  • |Headline="Ball Club" To Shift Next Meeting, at Broadway NYC Hotel ...Thompson created a stir (see Protoball entry [[1823.1]]) with his find of a baseball game played at Jones' Retreat in NYC in April 1823. (Prior to Jone
    2 KB (295 words) - 08:12, 18 January 2023
  • ...en, to books . . . . But from fifteen to seventeen she was in training for a heroine; so read all such works as heroines must read. . . "</p>
    2 KB (319 words) - 12:35, 25 September 2020
  • |Headline=NYC "Ball Club" To Shift Next Meeting, at Broadway Hotel ...(<em><span>Note:&nbsp;</span></em>see Protoball entry [[1823.1]]) &nbsp;of a baseball game played at Jones' Retreat in NYC in April 1823. (Prior to Jone
    2 KB (327 words) - 08:24, 18 January 2023
  • From the novel ''Lem, a New England Village Boy: His Adventures and His Mishaps'', by Noah Brooks. ...at the batsman's place. He ran to the other three goals as soon as he saw a chance to get there without being hit; for if one of the boys of the other
    4 KB (746 words) - 10:51, 9 March 2016
  • ...mad an' I jes' sock de rabbit fut to de hull crowd. De nespapers keep on a askin' every day, “How come it Chicago's playing in' sich poah ball?' We ...his cap and looked repentant when he stood in President Spalding's office a few moments later and took his dose of good advice.</p>
    2 KB (451 words) - 20:36, 29 February 2020
  • ...<p>Letter from Harry Wright, of the second-year Boston pro league club, to a representative of the Harvard club, March 18, 1872:</p> ...pain. A lot of Wright's correspondence consists of back and forth to find a date that works for both sides.</div>
    5 KB (930 words) - 08:38, 19 March 2022
  • ...group, on EF's influence on how base ball evolved.&nbsp; It concludes with a range of 4 alternative speculative but plausible assessments.&nbsp; We seek ...sp;more digging might fill some of our knowledge gaps.&nbsp; I have listed a few top-of-head&nbsp;possibilities&nbsp;&nbsp;[see&nbsp;''Follow-on Topics?
    15 KB (2,682 words) - 18:39, 30 December 2022