Clipping:The reserve will kill the hot stove league
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Date | Monday, August 20, 1883 |
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Text | If the reserve rule stands it will practically help to kill the interest in base ball. Variety is the spice of life, and one of the means of keeping the base ball fever at a white heat, even during the winter, is the speculation indulged in concerning the composition of the nines for the ensuing season, and their relative merits and demerits are canvassed and discussed throughout the idle months, and this makes people impatient for the season to open, and when it does open they flock in crowds to the grounds. This gives managers a chance to reap a financial harvest early, giving them a nest egg for the latter part of the season, when, in the cities where the clubs are hopelessly in the rear, the interest begins to flag. Now, let the rule stand and keep the clubs just as they are now, and not one-half the interest will be created and shown by the public. Everybody knows about what the clubs are capable of, and their relative standing at the close of the season is almost irrevocably fixed before the championship season opens. … Constant change is the order of the universe. Motion is life; stagnation, death. |
Source | Sporting Life |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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