Clipping:18 bases on balls in one game

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Date Saturday, June 12, 1869
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[Keystone vs. Expert 6/8/1869] The game was a vile one, owing to the wretched attempts at pitching of Messrs. Fulmer and Bechtel, but the Umpire tried to mend matters by calling balls freely. To his credit be it spoken, he gave 18 men their bases on called balls. He might and should have given 50 their bases–but 18 was pretty fair, considering all things. He stood up very pluckily through all the chaffing and hooting and boo-hooing, and deserves a great deal of credit for independence and manliness.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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