Clipping:When to call balls and strikes
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| Date | Thursday, July 18, 1867 |
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| Text | [from Answers to Correspondents] Before balls are called on a pitcher, he must be warned by the umpire; but only one warning is necessary for each striker. If two balls are pitched unfairly, after such warning, then “one ball” should be called, and if after that, one unfair ball be delivered, then “two balls” and “three balls” should be called. A little latitude should be allowed in the first innings, but not afterwards. A pitcher “repeatedly” fails if he fails twice in success; and he “persists” in his unfair delivery if pitch one ball after the first penalty has been imposed. By the rule as amended the umpire is now obliged to call every ball a “ball” if it be delivered as above described. The only discretionary power he has in the matter, being in regard to balls “fairly for the striker,” this class of balls being left to the umpire’s judgment. (No “ball,” however, must be called unless the pitcher has first been warned., one warning for each striker being sufficient. |
| Source | Ball Players Chronicle |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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