Clipping:No earned runs on stolen bases

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Date Saturday, July 22, 1876
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Earned runs are intended solely as a criterion of the pitching, and therefore no other errors nor skill in base-running should be taken into the calculation. For instance, a batsman makes a base hit; he then successfully steals second and third, and runs home on a hit to right short, on which the striker only could have been put out. This is an earned run in one sense of the word, but it is not a run earned off the pitching. To be so, the man who led off with a first-base hit should be either sent to second on another such hit, and then ag ain to third, or sent home on a second or third base hit, before chances for three outs are offered off the pitching. New York Clipper July 22, 1876

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[from answers to correspondents] Is there any preparation which will harden the hands so as to lessen the pain in catching swift balls? … The best way is to wear gloves. New York Clipper July 22, 1876

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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