Clipping:Scoring a strike out on a foul tip

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Date Wednesday, September 5, 1888
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A Philadelphia contemporary makes the following suggestion:--”When a batsman foul tips out after having two strikes, why should it not be scored as a strike-out, and the pitcher given an assist? In such a case the pitcher is clearly entitled to an assist, as missing the third ball, or touching it so lightly as not to change its course, and as to enable the catcher to hold it, is virtually the same as a strike out, and the pitcher has to work just as hard to get rid of the man at the plate as if he had struck him out.

Source The Sporting Life
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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