You Take It - I've Got It

Pre-pro Baseball
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Date	1860
Location	NYC, NY, United States
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Description	"The Catcher, whenever he sees several fielders running to catch a ball, should designate the one he deems most sure of taking it, by name, in which case the others should refrain..."
Sources	Henry Chadwick, Beadle's Dime Base Ball Player, 1860, p. 21. Referenced in Peter Morris, A Game of Inches, 2010, p. 155. First reference to the practice.
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Submitted by	Bob Tholkes
Submission Note	3/6/2015

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