Clipping:The batter standing behind his line

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Date Saturday, June 2, 1860
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[from a letter to the editor] I will suppose a striker to stand on the line referred to; the pitcher sends him a fine ball to hit, but one with a great twist on it; the striker hits it below the centre line of his bat, and it strike the ground perpendicularly almost from the bat; the consequence is, a ball is easily fisted by the pitcher or short stop to first base, the pitcher thereby getting the reward for his twisting ball. Now, suppose the same kind of ball is sent by the pitcher and similarly received by the striker, as the above one, but the striker, instead of standing on the line of the base, stands one or two feet back of it, the result is, that the ball, falling as before, falls behind the base, instead of in front of it, and it becomes a foul ball, instead of a fair one, and the pitcher loses the benefit of his good pitching and twisting of the ball. Under these circumstances I consider it the duty of the umpire to declare a ball fair, by keeping silent, when it reaches the ground perpendicularly from the bal, when the striker stands back of the line of his base. He certainly should be made to keep one foot on the line.

Source Porters Spirit of the Times
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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