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| Date | Sunday, July 24, 1870 |
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| Text | [Eckford vs. Harmonic 7/23/1870] Every crack...in the dilapidated surrounding board fence served as a spectroscope to a soiled and ragged small boy, who seemed to be intimately acquainted with the Eckford nine, and correspondingly enthusiastic in their behalf. New York Sunday Mercury July 24, 1870 updating statistical records kept As the object in giving a detailed score of a game is to give as much information regarding the play, both at the bat and in the field, in as condensed a form as possible, we will for the future publish such scores in a different form to what we have hitherto done. The columns of outs and runs are practically of very little use, as neither forms a criterion of the players’ skill at the bat. For instance, a muffin player may have the luck to obtain his first, or even his second base, on a hit which has been muffed in the field, and get home on a passed ball or an overthrow; while a good player may reach his third base on a clean hit, and, in consequence of the next player’s being put out on a fly or foul-bound ball, he may be left on the base. This would appear in the columns of outs and runs as no “out” and one “run” for the muffin, while it would show one “out” and no “run” for the really good player. By publishing the score, however, as we intend to do after the present week, in games which merit a detailed account, the merits of each player, both at the bat and in the field, will be plainly shown by the use of the columns of “first base hits,” “total bases,” “put out,” and “assisted.” In this way will be exhibited the number of first-base hits each player has made, the full number of bases he has made, when his hit game him more than the first base, the number of his opponents he has put out, and the number of times he has assisted in putting one out. By so doing, we think we will enable our readers to form a better and more correct appreciation of the play than has hitherto been the case. New York Dispatch July 24, 1870 |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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