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• 1873.11  + (<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x … <div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a"></br><div dir="auto"> </div></br><div dir="auto">Richard Hershberger, 2/9/2023, ''150 years ago in baseball '': "<em>advances in outfield play</em>. This is another in the series of innovations Harry Wright made in Cincinnati, working their way into the general baseball consciousness.</div></br><div dir="auto"> </div></br></div></br><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"></br><div dir="auto">Think of a Little League team. Not one of the teams you see on TV in Williamsport, but a little kid team coached by one of dads. The kids put in the outfield have figured out their spot and have a sense of the territory they are responsible for. So they go out to their spot, and if the ball comes into their territory, they do their best. If it goes into someone else's territory, they stand and watch the show.</div></br></div></br><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"></br><div dir="auto">Part of getting good is moving past this, learning where to go and make themselves useful even when the ball doesn't come to them. This stuff all had to be figured out. This was a large part of why the Red Stockings were so good. They were further along the road of figuring this stuff out, giving them a fielding advantage over those guys standing and watching the play. Here in 1873, the good teams have all got this figured out, in principle if not necessarily in detail, but it is still new enough that it is being explained here to the general baseball public."</div></br></div> necessarily in detail, but it is still new enough that it is being explained here to the general baseball public."</div> </div>)

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