Clipping:Pitchers' signals to the catcher
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Date | Saturday, October 7, 1882 |
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Text | [Providence vs. Metropolitan 9/27/1882] ...the play strikingly illustrated the necessity for each pitcher having his own catcher. Ward has his own special code of signals, by which he imparts to his catcher the kind of ball he is going to send in, and these he has made Nava familiar with. Radbourn also has his private code–as every strategic pitcher should have–and with these Gilligan is familiar. In this match Radbourn was put in to pitch, and owing to Nava’s five passed balls, four runs were scored on three base-hits... |
Source | New York Clipper |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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