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Chronologies
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Most Aged

Not Glued or Sewn to Second Base

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Base Ball Stratagems
City/State/Country: NYC, NY, USA
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Text

"The basemen are not confined strictly to their bases, but must be prepared to occupy them if a player is running toward them. "

Sources

Porter's Spirit of the Times, December 26, 1857

Comment

Placement of basemen on their bags in contemporary illustrations has led to an assumption that that is where they customarily played. Not so.

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Submitted by Bob Tholkes,
Submission Note 4/6/2015



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