Clipping:Defining a pitched ball; a legal delivery
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| Date | Thursday, July 18, 1867 |
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| Text | [from Answers to Correspondents] A “pitched” ball is one that reaches the batsman without touching the ground. If it touches the ground it becomes a “bowled” ball. A “jerked” ball is a ball delivered swiftly from the hand by the arm first touching the side of the pitcher; if the arm does not touch his side the ball is not “jerked.” A ball can be thrown under hand as well as over the shoulder; but it cannot be thrown with a straight arm. Therefore, if the pitcher keeps a straight arm, that is, without bending his elbow, he does not throw the ball. The sentence, “time of delivering the ball,” has been interpreted by the Committee on Rules and Regulations of the National Association, to mean the period when the last movement of the arm is made in delivering the ball; and, consequently, if either foot of the pitcher be off the ground when this movement is made–it being nearly simultaneous with the ball leaving the hand of the pitcher–umpires must declare a baulk without being appealed to. |
| Source | Ball Players Chronicle |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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