Clipping:A called third strike to determine the game; bullying the umpire
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| Date | Sunday, July 31, 1870 |
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| Text | [Athletics vs. Cincinnati 7/27/1870] [ninth inning, two outs, Cincinnati behind in the score:] George Wright allowed two strikes to be called upon him, and McBride’s “heady” pitching was curtailed by an equal number of balls. One more, two more balls at most, were pitched, when Malone, passing th ball to McBride, that Hector of the National game, running in on the striker, put the ball on him, and said: “How is that on three strikes?” “Out,” said the immortal and nervy man addressed, and the game was won by Philadelphia. The crowd were ready to cheer the victory of the Athletics, as they had cheered their good plays, but so few understood the decision, and so many were disgusted with it, that the applause was not uproarious. ... The feeling on the streets and at the crowded Gibosn House, last night, was one of intense regret, not that the Red Stockings had been beaten, but that the umpire had not allowed them to be beaten on their merits. We heard one disgusted individual say: “If George had a mind to strike out, why didn’t Boake [the umpire] let him do it? If he could send McVey in, why didn’t the umpire give him a chance to do it? ... We approach this subject with reluctance, and only because it was a matter of public discussion everywhere last night. We do not lay much stress on the story–though we have good reason for thinking it true–that Mr. Boake was selected for the position by the Athletics before they left Philadelphia, through the correspondence of a staunch friend of theirs, for we give to him and to every man who accept the thankless task of umpiring as we give to every baseball player of every nine, credit for honest intentions, until the reverse is proved. Neither do we find fault with his discrimination in favor of McBride’s pitching, nor any decision except one, for his honestly in the premises no man has a right to question, but this we do say, that any man who would allow himself to be Hectored into such a decision as his last by Dick McBride, or any one else, is not fit to umpire a fist-class game of baseball., quoting the Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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