Clipping:A proposal to move the pitcher closer to the plate
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| Date | Wednesday, October 24, 1888 |
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| Text | [from the Boston correspondent][from an interview of Arthur Irwin] “How are we going to get more batting, Arthur?” I asked. “Move the pitcher up nearer the plate. That would be my way of doing it.” “Nearer the plate? “Certainly, put him back to 45 feet from the plate and we will have more batting.” “But they are all talking about setting the box back still further, instead of moving it up nearer the batsman.” “I know it, but it isn't the way to get what they want, in my judgment. Ask Clarkson, or any great pitcher with a head on him, and he will tell you that the farther away he is from the plate the easier it is for him to curve the ball. Any one almost can curve a ball at a long distance, but you must be pretty clever to get on the drops and shoots at 45 feet. They have got to come too quickly. The pitching won't be any too swift because the box is nearer than it is now. No one is afraid of swift pitching. They will never hurt the pitcher's effectiveness by giving him a longer distance to send the ball. That will only weaken the batting. |
| Source | The Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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