Clipping:The Brotherhood suggests the set position

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Date	Wednesday, November 17, 1886
Text	[reporting on the Brotherhood meeting of 11/11/1886] [discussing possible rules changes] The pitcher [illegible] … left foot in advance of the right, and to the left of the imaginary line from the right foot to the center of the home plate, and the right shall not be raised from the ground before delivering the ball. This change will do away with too flagrant violations of the present rules, which have been a most fruitful source of kicking. The provision requiring the left foot to be kept forward and to the left of the right will prevent the pitcher from turning his back, and it will do away with the outrageous balk practiced by many of last season's twirlers, while the requirement that his right foot be not raised until after delivering the ball, will keep him from running out of the box. These three abuses probably created more difficulty last season than anything else.
Source	Sporting Life
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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