Clipping:Batting practice routines
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| Date | Saturday, January 5, 1889 |
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| Text | Manager Dick [of the Brooklyn Athletic Club] proposes to introduce Harry Wright’s plan of training players at the bat at the Athletic Club grounds this season, and that is to have the team do batting practice instead of fungo hitting before the game begins. Harry Wright places the men in their regular positions in the game and then allows each batsman twelve balls to be pitched to him, either incurves, outcurves, down shoots or up shoots, as he may call for, and he is not to retire until twelve balls have been delivered, and if, in the interim he makes a base hit he runs to first base and begins practice in stealing bases. Brooklyn Eagle January 5, 1889 Captain Esterbrook has adopted a new plan of training for the Louisville. Instead of the absurd fungo practice, which only gives the outfielders practice and is death to good batting, his rule is to have the players take their regular positions in the field and one of the batteries officiate at the points. The other pitchers and catchers will take their turn at the bat. The result of this kind of practice is already clearly apparent, for even in one week the boys have shown a decided improvement in their team work. It is to be hoped that other clubs will do something like this and do away with the old fungo rut. Brooklyn Eagle April 1, 1889 This is the way Anson now exercises his team every morning: Each player on entering the field in uniform takes his regular position, as in a game. Then the others go to the bat and practice until they have each been in five time. Then they go to the field and the fielders come in for batting practice. All is done as in a regular game, and this new rule went into operation this month. It takes the place of the old fungo practice, which yields nothing but good practice for the fielders and none for batting or base running. Mr. Spalding has insisted upon this rule being observed daily in future. Brooklyn Eagle June 17, 1889 |
| Source | Brooklyn Eagle |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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