Clipping:The new rules: pitchers' feet on the ground
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| Date | Saturday, May 7, 1864 |
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| Text | [interpreting “[the pitcher] must have neither foot in advance of the front line, or off the ground, at the time of delivering the ball”] Another thing is that in the delivery of the ball the pitcher must have both feet on the ground, (inasmuch as the rule does not state that the feet must be flat on the ground, it will be interpreted as admitting of the lifting of the heel, but the toe must touch the ground at any rate.) Umpires must remember, in deciding on this movement of the feet, that no one can lift his foot in delivering a ball until the ball leaves his hand, the lifting of the hind foot being the result of this delivery, as it is from the pressure of the foot on the ground that he derives the power to impel the ball with speed. In interpreting “the time of delivering the ball,” alluded to in the rule, umpires and pitchers must define it as meaning the last forward swing of the arm on delivery, inasmuch as the ball is delivered the moment it leaves the hand of the pitcher, and consequently the time of delivery must be the movement immediately preceding it, which is the last swing of the arm alluded to. |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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