Clipping:Proposed rules amendment allowing runners to tag up on foul flies

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Date Sunday, December 7, 1873
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In the case of foul balls, it has been argued that the “ins” thereby give a chance to be put out without–as in the case of a fair ball–their having any compensatory chance to score. To obviate this difficulty it is proposed to allow base-runners a chance to make a base on a caught foul ball, whether on the fly or bound, as in the case of fair fly ball caught. As it is now the base-player cannot leave his base on a foul ball until it is handled by the pitcher. This seems nothing more than a fair offset to the chances given for the out.

Source New York Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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