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a balk
| Date | 1869 |
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| Text | [Cincinnati vs. Athletic 6/21/1869] [McMullin pitching; George Wright at third base] McMullin made an offer of the ball, and G. Wright attempted to run in when McMullin drew back his hand. The umpire decided that he was entitled to his run. |
| Source | Philadelphia Inquirer |
| Tags | Balk |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
conflicting interpretations of a balk
| Date | 1860 |
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| Text | Our interpretation of the law, Section 6, is that every movement made by the pitcher while in the act of pitching, calculated to mislead the player into the belief that the pitcher is going to deliver the ball, and he fail to deliver it as expected, the pitcher unquestionably makes a baulk. But the general opinion seems to be that as long as he does not move the arm or hand with which he delivers the ball, any over movement he may make is not to be regarded in the light of a baulk; but such a reading of the law is not correct according to the wording of it. |
| Source | New York Clipper |
| Tags | Balk |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Description of Balk Rule
| Date | Saturday, June 17, 1865 |
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| Text | MENKEN, Lockport, N.Y. -- "Can a pitcher move in his position before a ball is delivered provided both of his feet are inside the lines of his position when the ball is delivered?" .... Yes; except when a player is running his bases, where all movements looking like attempts to deliver the ball are considered baulks. |
| Source | New York Clipper |
| Tags | Rules, Balk |
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| Submitted by | D. Rader |
Home Run scoring, Baulk rules, Balls and Strikes, and Legal Pitching
| Date | Saturday, June 16, 1866 |
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| Text | "1. In making a home run does it count as such if the ball enters the infield before the home base is reached? 2. Does the raising of the pitcher's heel or side of one of his feet constitute a baulk? 3. Is motion of a pitcher attempting to throw to a base and then pitching the ball to the striker a baulk? 5. Does not the refusal of a striker to strike at balls within his legitimate reach, no matter if they are not exactly where he wishes them, if on the side on which heis accostomed to strike, entitle the umpire to call strikes? 6. Has the pitcher in pitching a right to swing his arm out from his side at least a foot and a half? 7. Can a pitcher take one or two steps before he delivers the ball?" .......1. We score a home run when the batsman makes a hit to the outerfield, and runs round from home to home without being obliged to stop on any base to avoid being put out, no matter whether the ball overtakes him at the home base or not. But the run must be made from a ball hit past the outer fields. 2. The pitcher must keep both feet on the ground in making the swing of the arm in delivering the ball. 3. No--but the attempt to deliver and then throw to the base is. 4. Certainly not. The umpire should call "balls" and not "baulks." 5. Yes, as a general thing. But if the striker is in the habit of striking at a low ball, he can require a low one pitched to him. 6. Unless the pitcher keeps a straight arm it is a throw. Custom also requires that his arm swing as near the perpendicular as possible. 7. He can take no steps at all. He must stand with both feet squarely on the ground and within the lines of his position, or he commits a baulk. |
| Source | New York Clipper |
| Tags | Rules, Balk, Balls and Strikes, Home Run, Batting |
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| Submitted by | D. Rader |