Clipping:Batters should work the count for a walk
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| Date | Saturday, May 15, 1875 |
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| Text | [Philadelphia vs. Atlantic 5/5/1875] The wild pitching of Cassidy bothered the Philadelphias, who only hit him for nine base-hits. That it did so shows weak play in batting and a lack of judgment in playing batting points. Accuracy in delivery in pitching is more than ever necessary now; and when a pitcher does not possess the requisite command of the ball to put it about where he wants it, the rules provide a penalty which the batting side have only to avail themselves of to score plenty of runs from wild pitching. That the Philadelphians did not do so in this game was owing to their failure to take full advantage of the wild delivery by waiting for balls within reach. It does not always follow that, because runs are not earned or bases are not made by h9its off wild pitching, therefore the delivery is effective. The only effective delivery is that marked by accuracy of aim, combined with speed and strategic skill. Wild pitching, the result of efforts to obtain great speed, is costly when brought to bear against really skillful play by the batting side in a match, as the Atlantics will find to their cost when they come to put Cassidy's pitching against the Bostons or Athletics. |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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