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|Term=Dutch Long | |Term=Dutch Long | ||
|Game Family=Baseball | |Game Family=Baseball | ||
|Game | |Game Regions=US | ||
|Description=<p>This game, called | |Game Eras=1800s,Predecessor | ||
|Description=<p>This game, called “long out of date” in an 1867 newspaper article, seemed to resemble Long Ball but with three bases. A “tosser” lofted the ball and a nearby batter hit it, then ran to a base [a “bye”] a few feet away, then to a second base 25-30 feet distant, then home. Completing this circuit before the ball was returned by fielders to the tosser gave the striker another turn at bat. The account does not say whether this was a team game, whether it employed plugging, or whether runners could elect to stay on base. It seems possible that the adjective "dutch" indicated that the game came from Holland or Germany.</p> | |||
|Sources=<p><em>Daily Cleveland Herald</em><span>, April 24, 1867, as posted to the 19CBB listserve by Kyle DeCicco-Carey on 8/19/2008.</span></p> | |Sources=<p><em>Daily Cleveland Herald</em><span>, April 24, 1867, as posted to the 19CBB listserve by Kyle DeCicco-Carey on 8/19/2008.</span></p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:38, 28 November 2012
| Game | Dutch Long |
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| Game Family | Baseball |
| Location | |
| Regions | US |
| Eras | 1800s, Predecessor |
| Invented | |
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| Description | This game, called “long out of date” in an 1867 newspaper article, seemed to resemble Long Ball but with three bases. A “tosser” lofted the ball and a nearby batter hit it, then ran to a base [a “bye”] a few feet away, then to a second base 25-30 feet distant, then home. Completing this circuit before the ball was returned by fielders to the tosser gave the striker another turn at bat. The account does not say whether this was a team game, whether it employed plugging, or whether runners could elect to stay on base. It seems possible that the adjective "dutch" indicated that the game came from Holland or Germany. |
| Sources | Daily Cleveland Herald, April 24, 1867, as posted to the 19CBB listserve by Kyle DeCicco-Carey on 8/19/2008. |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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