Clipping:Umpire behind the catcher 5
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Date | Saturday, July 13, 1878 |
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Text | [answer to correspondents] There is a man on third base and one at the bat; the man at the bat strikes and misses the ball; the catcher fails to hold ball, and it strikes the umpire, who is standing behind the catcher. In the meantime the runner comes home, the catcher gets the ball and touches the base-runner before he crosses the home plate. Is he out or is it a passed ball? ... The ball having “passed” the catcher–that is, missed by him–could not be made dead by striking the umpires; consequently, the runner was legally put out. The rule should make every ball hitting the umpire and bounding back, or being stopped, dead. |
Source | New York Clipper |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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