Clipping:A critique of the block ball rule
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Date | Wednesday, February 29, 1888 |
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Text | [from Chadwick's column][discussing the rules with Bob Ferguson] Ferguson objects to the present rule governing “block” balls. He says the umpire, in nearly every instance of a batted or thrown ball going into the crowd cannot tell whether it becomes a “blocked” ball or not when the crowd opens to let the ball go by and then closes up again. He wants the block ball to be declared every time it goes into the crowd out of sight, unless under special ground rules limiting bases run when the crowd encroaches on the field. |
Source | Sporting Life |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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