Clipping:An opposition to the new pitching rules
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| Date | Wednesday, February 23, 1887 |
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| Text | [from Jim Hart’s column] We played last Sunday at Alameda under the new rules, and the roasting that they got from the spectators and the city papaers was enough to condemn them forever. I can’t see how they are going to improve the game, as there has certainly heretofore been interest in the work of the pitchers. Under these rules the pitcher is the least important player on the team. In fact any person who can take the position required and throw a ball fifty feet can be a first-class pitcher under the new code. The rules might just as well be two strikes and three balls, as all prior to those are wasted. Foutz and Morris simply tossed the ball up where the batters could not help but hit it--as ball players say, the laid it on the bat. If the ball happens to be hit at a fielder, it is an out or an error; if it happens to go away from a fielder, it’s a hit, so the whole thing simmers down to a matter of luck. If these rules alst there will be no further use for high-priced pitchers. My opinion is that the spectators will not like the rules, and that the games will lack interest and the patronage drop off. I failed to hear one person speak well of the rules after Sunday’s game. The California League and the California State League say that they will not play under the rules. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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