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Dead Ball Adopted

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Tags Post-Knickerbocker Rule Changes
City/State/Country: United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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On November 30, 1870, the National Association of Base Ball Players reduced the amount of rubber permitted in base balls to one ounce, effectively inaugurating a "dead" ball. Balls had previously contained as much as 2 1/2 ounces.

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Peter Morris, A Game of Inches, 2005, p.37

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Critics of the game had long insisted that low-scoring games were indicated play of higher quality.

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Submitted by Bob Tholkes,
Submission Note 3/30/2015



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