Clipping:McCormick's delivery; an upward curve
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| Date | Thursday, June 27, 1878 |
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| Text | [McCormick’s] pitching is not quite so swift as Nolan’s, but he exercises fully as much control over the ball as the “only,” getting more curves out of it than any pitcher in the country excepting bond, whose delivery is very much similar in many respects. The upward curve is particularly noticeable, and this is one of the most puzzling peculiarities that a batter can encounter. Indianapolis Journal June 27, 1878 a home run through the fence; ground rule double for balls over the fence [Cincinnati vs. Indianapolis 6/26/1878] ...Quest made his send base-hit, Clapp immediately thereafter driving a ball through a hold in the right-field fence. Under the rules a ball knocked over the fence counts only for a two-base hit, but as this one went through the fence and not over it, Clapp ran clear around to home plate. The umpire, who had already made two close decisions in favor of the Blues, decided that this was taking an unfair advantage of a technicality, and sent Clapp back to second and Warner [presumably substitute running for Quest] to third, where they were left. Indianapolis Journal June 27, 1878 |
| Source | Indianapolis Journal |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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