Clipping:The 'waiting game' for bases on balls

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Date	Sunday, September 10, 1871
Text	[Athletic vs. Boston 9/9/1871] The umpire was very strict on Bechtel, and seven of the Bostons, who played a waiting game, went to the bases on called balls–Harry Wright being given his base four times. Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch September 10, 1871 [Athletic vs. Chicago 9/18/1871] McBride pitched with unusual swiftness and precision, and although the Whites played what is called “a waiting game,” they only obtained three bases on called balls, and the fact of their getting so many, completely refutes the slanders of the Western journalists regarding the partiality of the umpire, as the Athletics only obtained one base on called ball, and that off the very wild pitching if Zettlein. Philadelphia Sunday Mercury September 24, 1871
Source	Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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