Clipping:The Athletics' backstop too close

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Date	Saturday, August 5, 1865
Text	There is one feature connected with the Athletic ground which, though perhaps unavoidable from the peculiar situation of the ground, is certainly objectionable, and depreciates the advantage to any club of having a superior catcher. Scarcely more than fifty feet behind the striker is a high board fence, probably ten feet high, which stops the progress of every ball widely pitched. It is the intention of the Athletic club to remodel their ground next season, and do away with this obstruction. There should be on every ballground a clear passage for all balls that pass the catcher. This insures more care on the part of both pitcher and catcher. A wide delivery by such a swift pitcher as McBride, would, on an ordinary ground, give a runner two bases at least, if not three. But, with the fence up, the widest delivery will limit the runner to one base.
Source	New York Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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