View source for Clipping:The catcher weakens the pitcher by forcing him to pitch over the plate

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|Type of Date=Day
|Date=10/28/1877
|Title=the catcher weakens the pitcher by forcing him to pitch over the plate
|Text=<p>McVey was not, is not, and never can be a catcher, especially for such a man as Bradley.  Mac is a cool-headed, sure, first-class first-baseman; an effective pitcher for a score of games in a season; and a splendid and scientific batsman; but he is not a catcher, because of his aptitude to get sore hands and to weaken his pitcher by making him pitch over the plate too much.</p>
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<p>In 1876 [Bradley] was given by Clapp’s efforts a great leeway in his work, and no man used strategy more; but in 1877 he claims that he felt himself confined to a narrower circle by the necessity of always thinking about his catcher, and pitching to him.</p>
|Source=Chicago Tribune
|Submitted by=Richard Hershberger
|Origin=Initial Hershberger Clippings
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