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- |Term=Bittle-Bat |Description=<p>Bittle-Bat appears to be another name for stoolball as played in the County of Sussex.3 KB (406 words) - 18:48, 8 December 2021
- |Term=Bat-and-Ball |Description=<p>"Bat-and-Ball" is a term that can help you find very early references to predece1 KB (250 words) - 11:56, 15 May 2020
- |Title=the flat bat ...a trial now, and is made optional with the player to use the round or flat bat, because the desire to increase the batting is so strong. “The use of w927 bytes (159 words) - 19:56, 29 February 2020
- |Title=bat cases ...case in hand, reminding us of the English cricket professionals with their bat-bags...</p>427 bytes (62 words) - 19:41, 29 February 2020
- |Title=bat design ..., have long, small round handles, with the full swell at the center of the bat.</p>357 bytes (53 words) - 19:17, 29 February 2020
- 30 bytes (4 words) - 18:10, 10 February 2013
- |Term=Hit the Bat ...to a group of fielders. If one of them can roll the ball back and hit the bat so that the ball hits the ground before the batter can catch the ricochet,780 bytes (135 words) - 20:21, 12 March 2022
- |Term=Cat-and-Bat |Description=<p>per Burnett. Burnett identifies Cat-and-Bat as a form of cricket that was played in Scottish streets in about 1860.</p>459 bytes (64 words) - 09:37, 28 November 2012
- |Term=Bat-Ball |Description=<p>We have references to bat-ball from 1791 (when it was banned in both Pittsfield and Northampton MA),789 bytes (130 words) - 09:30, 7 April 2016
- |Title=a broken bat |Text=<p>The old bat which Ward, the Giants’ brainy shortstop, has used for the past three sea343 bytes (55 words) - 20:40, 29 February 2020
- |Title=an oval bat ...ents a broader surface with which to meet the sphere. I have not seen the bat but models will be sent East for the inspection of the Leaguers. Mr. Norri1,000 bytes (179 words) - 20:28, 29 February 2020
- |Title=the flat bat not popular |Text=<p>The flat bat does not seem to recommend itself to the majority of players. It does seem458 bytes (75 words) - 20:00, 29 February 2020
- |Title=Farrar used the flat bat ...on the last western trip. He averaged over .419, and he didn't use a flat bat. Ergo.</p>438 bytes (72 words) - 19:59, 29 February 2020
- |Title=the flat bat 2 ...mes played, gaining a batting average for the trip of .419. He pained the bat carefully after doctoring it, and the trick was not discovered. The surfac1 KB (175 words) - 19:57, 29 February 2020
- |Title=a composite bat ...andle, however, is technically a violation of the rule, which requires the bat to be made “wholly of wood,” but it is a rule which nobody will object822 bytes (139 words) - 19:53, 29 February 2020
- |Title=the NA allows the square bat ...change was that allowing the use of either the round or the new four-sided bat.</p>452 bytes (72 words) - 19:17, 29 February 2020
- |Title=a broken bat out |Text=<p>[Chicago vs. Atlantic 7/4/1870] McDonald broke a bat hitting to Hodes [shortstop], and went out on first.</p>285 bytes (41 words) - 18:36, 29 February 2020
- |Title=smoking while at bat |Text=<p>Holder, who was indulging in the pleasure of the weed, while at the bat, struck out.</p>276 bytes (43 words) - 18:21, 29 February 2020
- 30 bytes (4 words) - 07:59, 21 September 2014
- 30 bytes (4 words) - 05:00, 27 October 2013
- 30 bytes (4 words) - 18:11, 10 February 2013
- 30 bytes (4 words) - 18:11, 10 February 2013
- 30 bytes (4 words) - 06:03, 6 February 2013
- 30 bytes (4 words) - 18:31, 9 November 2012
- 30 bytes (4 words) - 17:59, 24 October 2012
- |Term=Philadelphia Bat Ball ...her. Runners can tag up after caught flies. Otherwise, the rules of German Bat Ball apply.</p>567 bytes (91 words) - 09:50, 28 November 2012
- |Term=German Bat Ball ...l as a team game that uses a ball like a volleyball and that has neither a bat nor pitching. A “batter” puts the ball in play by serving or “posting1,017 bytes (173 words) - 09:46, 28 November 2012
- 35 bytes (4 words) - 13:20, 20 June 2023
- 35 bytes (4 words) - 09:20, 28 June 2023
- |Source Image=Bat Ball.jpg |Title=Bat Ball348 bytes (46 words) - 14:47, 11 July 2023
- |Title=treating the bat with natural gas ...ed bat is the latest. Veach, of the Cleveland team, recently bought a new bat and was advised the burn the varnish off it before a natural gas fire. He478 bytes (80 words) - 20:43, 29 February 2020
- |Title=a favorite and durable bat ...used it for two years. In 1886, when he visited ST. Joe, Mo., he gave the bat to Holliday. Bug has had it ever since. It is his prize stick, and has as884 bytes (156 words) - 20:43, 29 February 2020
- |Title=baseball, bat sales and manufacture ...f the season. We could not replenish the stock for love or money, and the bat-makers told us the above story and added that they had used up all the old2 KB (283 words) - 20:36, 29 February 2020
- |Title=New Yorks prefer to bat first |Text=<p>[New York vs. Chicago 9/7/1886] New York won the toss and went to bat, as Ward always does.</p>284 bytes (44 words) - 20:07, 29 February 2020
- |Title=a composite bat 2 ...clubs by the report that the Athletic Club of Philadelphia, had secured a bat containing springs for increased propulsion. Of course the report was unfo3 KB (610 words) - 19:54, 29 February 2020
- |Title=switch hitting within one at bat504 bytes (77 words) - 19:01, 29 February 2020
- |Title=a reverse corked bat ...s not absolutely certain whether it was used or not. A ball struck with a bat of this kind would scarcely go past the base.</p>1 KB (175 words) - 19:01, 29 February 2020
- |Title=an illegal flat bat ...the bat with this illegal instrument. The umpire was appealed to, and the bat at once thrown out, of course; but it seemed that some further penalty sho1 KB (207 words) - 19:01, 29 February 2020
- |Title=a hole in the bat? ...desperate strike–failed to collide, and carefully examined the end of his bat. George once more missed the object of his wrath–and once more scrutiniz1,023 bytes (166 words) - 18:38, 29 February 2020
- |Title=requesting a pitch for the bat ...22/1866] Pearce, the first striker of the Atlantics, took his place at the bat amid profound silence, only broken by Mr. Bomeisler, the Umpire, saying “402 bytes (59 words) - 18:28, 29 February 2020
- |Title=a broken bat single ...ld, making two bases. Southworth followed with a hot one, which broke his bat, but secured him his base and sent Brown home. Brooklyn Eagle September 122 KB (411 words) - 18:27, 29 February 2020
- |Title=the catcher playing close behind the bat .../15/1865] Leggett was in splendid play, and caught behind, close up to the bat, quite in his old effective and unequaled style, putting out no less than t525 bytes (85 words) - 18:26, 29 February 2020
- 30 bytes (4 words) - 05:00, 5 October 2013
- |Name=Bat Club of New York |Club Name=Bat356 bytes (50 words) - 10:22, 17 October 2014
- |Source Image=Wicket Bat and Ball.jpg |Title=Wicket Bat and Ball358 bytes (47 words) - 09:45, 28 June 2023
- |Title=use of an illegal flat bat |Text=<p>Bobby Caruthers has been detected using a flattened bat, which is not permissible by Association rules. Geo. McGinnis gave Bobby's331 bytes (49 words) - 20:06, 29 February 2020
- |Title=the flat bats; a doctored bat ...ed is to take off enough wood on one side, within a foot of the end of the bat, so as to take off the roundness., quoting the Philadelphia Item</p>674 bytes (118 words) - 19:57, 29 February 2020
- |Title=switch hitting within an at bat390 bytes (61 words) - 19:50, 29 February 2020
- |Title=Harry Wright advocates the square bat ...d have to be made of cast iron. So Harry Wright comes along with the flat bat. The best base-ball authority including Mr. Chadwick, of the Clipper, that2 KB (282 words) - 19:15, 29 February 2020
- |Title=clarifying the new rule, who was the last man to bat ...ach inning shall be the batsman whose name follows that of the last man at bat in the preceding inning.” Should a base-runner be third out through no a1 KB (211 words) - 19:15, 29 February 2020
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- |Title=a composite bat; the cost of broken bats ...ne imparts an elasticity to the bat, which is a great aid in batting. The bat weights a little over two pounds only.</p>685 bytes (124 words) - 18:55, 29 February 2020
- |Headline=A Wider Bat? Even in Cricket, There's Always a Joker ...don Committee new resolution, appearing two days later, specified that the bat much be no wider than 4.25 inches. The rule stuck.</p>624 bytes (101 words) - 17:31, 6 September 2012
- |Title=the flat bats; a doctored bat ...ed is to take off enough wood on one side, within a foot of the end of the bat, so as to take off the roundness., quoting the Philadelphia Item</p>674 bytes (118 words) - 19:57, 29 February 2020
- |Title=Pearsall's bat ...was allowed to be any length the batsman chose. Pearsall used to handle a bat nearly five feet long.</p>398 bytes (62 words) - 18:55, 29 February 2020
- |Title=an attempt to use a flat bat ...to the plate. The eye of Fox was too keen, however, and judgement on the bat was asked. Umpire Curry condemned it and compelled the b.f.b. to procure a574 bytes (102 words) - 19:55, 29 February 2020
- |Source Image=Bat and Ball 1810 book.jpg |Title=Bat and Ball 1810 book364 bytes (52 words) - 09:12, 28 June 2023
- |Headline=Wicket Bat Reportedly Long [and Still?] Held in Deerfield MA Collection ...hn Thorn, 1/13/2007. <b>Note:</b> John is trying to ascertain whether the bat remains in the collection.</p>419 bytes (61 words) - 17:40, 6 September 2012
- |Title=bat cases ...case in hand, reminding us of the English cricket professionals with their bat-bags...</p>427 bytes (62 words) - 19:41, 29 February 2020
- |Source Image=Bat Ball.jpg |Title=Bat Ball348 bytes (46 words) - 14:47, 11 July 2023
- ...ntage of being last at the bat gives a team confidence in their ability to bat well...</p>911 bytes (164 words) - 20:26, 29 February 2020
- |Title=clarifying the new rule, who was the last man to bat ...ach inning shall be the batsman whose name follows that of the last man at bat in the preceding inning.” Should a base-runner be third out through no a1 KB (211 words) - 19:15, 29 February 2020
- |Headline=R is for Richard "With His Bat and Ball" ...h his ball and bat." The illustration shows the lad hitting a ball with a bat, with a trap visible at his feet.</p>472 bytes (83 words) - 17:46, 6 September 2012
- |Title=Farrar used the flat bat ...on the last western trip. He averaged over .419, and he didn't use a flat bat. Ergo.</p>438 bytes (72 words) - 19:59, 29 February 2020
- |Title=an oval bat ...ents a broader surface with which to meet the sphere. I have not seen the bat but models will be sent East for the inspection of the Leaguers. Mr. Norri1,000 bytes (179 words) - 20:28, 29 February 2020
- |Title=an illegal flat bat ...the bat with this illegal instrument. The umpire was appealed to, and the bat at once thrown out, of course; but it seemed that some further penalty sho1 KB (207 words) - 19:01, 29 February 2020
- |Term=Philadelphia Bat Ball ...her. Runners can tag up after caught flies. Otherwise, the rules of German Bat Ball apply.</p>567 bytes (91 words) - 09:50, 28 November 2012
- |Title=treating the bat with natural gas ...ed bat is the latest. Veach, of the Cleveland team, recently bought a new bat and was advised the burn the varnish off it before a natural gas fire. He478 bytes (80 words) - 20:43, 29 February 2020
- |Title=smoking while at bat |Text=<p>Holder, who was indulging in the pleasure of the weed, while at the bat, struck out.</p>276 bytes (43 words) - 18:21, 29 February 2020
- |Title=Louisville slugger; a bat lasts ten years ...-New York game. Browning refused to take his turn at bat, because his own bat, which is ten years old, very long and heavy, had been hidden. It was rest522 bytes (86 words) - 20:45, 29 February 2020
- ...certain to make a base, what was there to prevent the absence of the weak bat and the substitution of the strong one? Now, this point cannot be played.1 KB (199 words) - 18:32, 29 February 2020
- |Title=Delill Short Townball Bat |Description=Short "Delill" bat sometimes used in townball. From Dan Beard 1896 book368 bytes (50 words) - 09:42, 28 June 2023
- ...t tells us something about why ball games were apparently named one thing (bat-ball) in one town (Northampton) in 1791 and another thing in other towns (s527 bytes (79 words) - 14:45, 8 April 2013
- |Headline=Short Moral Tale Centers on Boy's Bat and Ball |Text=<p>This eight-page moral tale turns on the theft of the bat and ball, not, alas on their use.</p>573 bytes (86 words) - 11:00, 27 January 2013
- ...tion. They all aim to throw to second only when standing close behind the bat, at which time the ball is most difficult to hold.</p>805 bytes (136 words) - 18:55, 29 February 2020
- |Term=Hit the Bat ...to a group of fielders. If one of them can roll the ball back and hit the bat so that the ball hits the ground before the batter can catch the ricochet,780 bytes (135 words) - 20:21, 12 March 2022
- |Title=batting out of order; a broken bat ...o dress themselves, Mills [sixth] went to the bat, and, after breaking one bat, made his first by a high ball to centre field...</p>551 bytes (86 words) - 18:31, 29 February 2020
- |Title=a favorite and durable bat ...used it for two years. In 1886, when he visited ST. Joe, Mo., he gave the bat to Holliday. Bug has had it ever since. It is his prize stick, and has as884 bytes (156 words) - 20:43, 29 February 2020
- |Headline=Riddle Game Cites "Fourteen Boys at Bat and Ball" |Game=Bat-Ball538 bytes (82 words) - 17:37, 6 September 2012
- |Source Image=Wicket Bat and Ball.jpg |Title=Wicket Bat and Ball358 bytes (47 words) - 09:45, 28 June 2023
- |Title=batting grip; choking up on the bat ...effective against swift pitching. Against the slows you can swing a long bat, but against swift balls a short swing, bringing the strength of the wrists598 bytes (98 words) - 18:29, 29 February 2020
- |Title=a broken bat |Text=<p>The old bat which Ward, the Giants’ brainy shortstop, has used for the past three sea343 bytes (55 words) - 20:40, 29 February 2020
- |Title=a broken bat out |Text=<p>[Chicago vs. Atlantic 7/4/1870] McDonald broke a bat hitting to Hodes [shortstop], and went out on first.</p>285 bytes (41 words) - 18:36, 29 February 2020
- |Headline="Bat and Ball" featured in Chicago picnic |Game=Bat and Ball575 bytes (84 words) - 10:21, 16 June 2019
- |Title=foul tips with the catcher close to the bat ...t last, Smith tipped not quite so much, and mills picked the ball from the bat with astonishing celerity. The tip and catch sounding like “click clack.629 bytes (105 words) - 18:33, 29 February 2020
- |Title=a trophy bat made from the Charter Oak ...club as the State championship trophy. Mr. Hubbell intends to present the bat to the Hartford amateurs, and a series of games is to be played for the pos800 bytes (137 words) - 18:56, 29 February 2020
- |Title=New Yorks prefer to bat first |Text=<p>[New York vs. Chicago 9/7/1886] New York won the toss and went to bat, as Ward always does.</p>284 bytes (44 words) - 20:07, 29 February 2020
- |Title=a broken bat single 2 ...c vs. Chicago at Union Grounds, Brooklyn 10/30/1871] West Fisler broke his bat in sending one to short left field.</p>321 bytes (45 words) - 18:39, 29 February 2020
- |Title=bat design ..., have long, small round handles, with the full swell at the center of the bat.</p>357 bytes (53 words) - 19:17, 29 February 2020
- ...omparative ease what he can only accomplish with difficulty with the round bat, and that is to place the ball. ...</p> ...season, but it is probable that the season of 1880 will see the four-sided bat introduced.</p>2 KB (281 words) - 19:15, 29 February 2020
- ...he same way until 1882, when Snyder broke him off the habit. Many players bat up fungo in the cross-handed style, Burdock, for instance, and he is a wond629 bytes (98 words) - 20:46, 29 February 2020
- |Title=use of an illegal flat bat |Text=<p>Bobby Caruthers has been detected using a flattened bat, which is not permissible by Association rules. Geo. McGinnis gave Bobby's331 bytes (49 words) - 20:06, 29 February 2020
- |Name=Bat Smashers Club of Madison |Club Name=Bat Smashers582 bytes (84 words) - 06:06, 18 November 2013
- ...ix and sometimes seven of the nines, in over one hundred match games. The bat is appropriately styled “Old Reliable.” It is good for many a game yet871 bytes (141 words) - 08:20, 13 March 2022
- |Title=the NA allows the square bat ...change was that allowing the use of either the round or the new four-sided bat.</p>452 bytes (72 words) - 19:17, 29 February 2020
- ...e to bat and made his 1 st, bringing Stearns home. Foley followed at the bat and made his 2nd with ease, and McNally then walked over to his 1 st on thr499 bytes (81 words) - 18:28, 29 February 2020
- |Title=1755 -- 'The Bat and Ball;' A Distinct Game or a Generic Term? |Game=Bat-and-Ball,328 bytes (46 words) - 07:31, 28 July 2019
- |Title=a composite bat ...andle, however, is technically a violation of the rule, which requires the bat to be made “wholly of wood,” but it is a rule which nobody will object822 bytes (139 words) - 19:53, 29 February 2020
- |Name=Bat Club of New York |Club Name=Bat356 bytes (50 words) - 10:22, 17 October 2014
- |Headline=New York Book Has Bat and Ball Poem ...th me and play/And yonder is Billy, I'll give him a call,/ Do you take the bat, and I'll carry the ball . . . "</p>415 bytes (72 words) - 17:39, 6 September 2012
- |Name=Knights of the Bat Club of Chicago |Club Name=Knights of the Bat583 bytes (89 words) - 13:30, 18 June 2018