Clipping:Intentional foul balls; working the count for a walk
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| Date | Friday, November 12, 1886 |
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| Text | The players introduced a new trick in baseball this season–that of tipping every good ball foul until they succeeded in getting their bases on bad balls. This kind of work will not be tolerated next season, as both the leading organizations will so amend the rules at their annual meetings as to put a stop to such trickery. St. Louis Post-Dispatch November 12, 1886, quoting the New York Herald [from an interview of Latham] Why don’t these people who are kicking so much try it themselves? For the reason that when they do they go out to the catcher or hit a short grounder right into the pitcher’s hands. After awhile they will get the rules down to a point where we can’t play ball at all. A man who can handle a ball skillfully can foul balls right along, and no one can tell he is doing it purposely. I do it the easy way because it is easy and there’s no rule preventing it. Kelly will do it every time there’s occasion for it, and he’s got a right to do it. The other fellows can’t, and that’s what’s the matter with them. St. Louis Post-Dispatch November 16, 1886 |
| Source | St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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