You Take It - I've Got It

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Awaiting Review
Date 1860
Location NYC, NY, United States
Description

"The Catcher, whenever he sees several fielders running to catch a ball, should designate the one he deems most sure of taking it, by name, in which case the others should refrain..."

Sources

Henry Chadwick, Beadle's Dime Base Ball Player, 1860, p. 21. Referenced in Peter Morris, A Game of Inches, 2010, p. 155. First reference to the practice.

Submitted by Bob Tholkes
Submission Note 3/6/2015



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