Clipping:Complaints about calling balls and strikes; perspective

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Date Friday, June 28, 1878
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In presenting his resignation as an umpire to the Utica Base Ball Association Mr. Taylor makes the following sensible remarks, and they are equally applicable to games on the Boston Grounds: “Complaint has also been made as to the calling of strikes and balls. If the directors and scorers were about twelve feet lower they would be better able to criticise my decisions. I will admit that they can plainly see when a ball passes over the plate, but they should also admit in return that I am better able to judge with accuracy the fairness of a high or low ball. When the ball passes the plate my head is on a level with the striker's waist, while the heads of those in the scorers' stand are at least twelve or fourteen feet above the plate.

Source Boston Herald
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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