Clipping:Scoring a base on balls

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Date	Sunday, April 15, 1877
Text	[from Questions Answered] (1) When a pitcher allows a strong batter to take his base on called balls, ought the pitcher to be charged with an error? (2) If not, is the batsman credited with a base hit? Answer–There is no law on the subject, as there should be: the only authority at hand is the scorer of the Chicago Club, and The Tribune. Neither of these gave an error or a base hit either. In Cincinnati, last year, they gave the batsman a base hit for taking his base on balls. Chicago Tribune April 15, 1877 This column finds itself in error about a base on called balls. It answered you last week that there was no law on the subject; but it has since ascertained that the official blanks sent out by Mr. Young, Secretary of the League, for the use of official League scorers, contain the following note: “Base on called balls should be charged as an error against the pitcher.” That settles the matter for this year, Mr. Young being the highest authority on scoring in this country. Chicago Tribune April 22, 1877
Source	Chicago Tribune
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
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