Clipping:A pitcher over the corner of the plate a strike

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Date Wednesday, March 23, 1887
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One of the umpires’ instructions at the recent American Association meeting was that a ball pitched over any corner of the plate should be called a strike. The Sporting Life March 23, 1887

city extortion of free passes in Detroit

While the Detroit directors were preparing their appeal to the business pubic to purchase season tickets, why did they not add a paragraph asking the municipal gang to forego their bandit demands emphasized by threats to open streets through Recreation Park, impose a high license on games, etc.? The base ball Old Man of the Sea staggers along beneath the weight of many a Sinbad. The Sporting Life March 23, 1887, quoting the Detroit Free Press

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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