Clipping:The batter positioning himself four feet behind home
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Date | Sunday, June 3, 1866 |
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Text | [Harvard vs. Eureka of Newark 5/31/1866] Callaway, like many others–Crane, for instance–has a habit of standing about four feet back of the home-base when he strikes, thus giving him a better chance to judge the ball. He does not hit from where he stands, but jumps forward to meet the ball, thus gaining an additional impetus in striking. It is a good point, but being an illegitimate one, he will have to drop it. The striker has no more right to stand off the line of his base when striking than the pitcher has to move his feet in pitching. It is about time that this rule was properly observed. |
Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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