Clipping:A proposal to move the pitcher back, five balls for a walk; overrunning bases
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| Date | Wednesday, October 9, 1889 |
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| Text | John F. Morrill, talking about the rules for next season, says:-- “I am strongly of the opinion that the game would be helped materially by putting the pitcher back five feet and giving him five balls. I do not think that it would be too great a strain. It would help batting a great deal, and, at the same time, I do not think the games would be lengthened materially thereby. There would be very few games that could last over two hours. The objection has been made that such a rule would hurt the base-running, but I fail to see how. While the pitcher would be able to hold the base-runner more closely to his base, the latter would be able to watch the pitcher better and would also have the five feet advantage, so that I think that these two facts would counter-balance one another. I think that the foul tip rule is good as it stands. Then I fail to see what good it would be to make a rule allowing the over-running of bases. That is all right for the bases where the player does not have to be touched. Players always slide to the home plate, and there are no more close plays there than on second. If you should allow the players to over-run the bases you would find that they would slide just as they are doing now. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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