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Flannels on the Sward: History of Cricket in Americas +
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Henderson, Cartwright, and the 1953 US Congress +
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Beachville Deconstruction +
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Cricket and the Rise of Baseball +
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Rhode Island Baseball: The Early Years +
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The Play-Testing of Early Base Ball Rule Modifications, version 1.0 +
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Early Evidence on Base Stealing +
Englische Base-ball +
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The 20 Rules of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club +
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1860 NABBP Rules +
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Rules of the Massachusetts Association of Base Ball Players +
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La balle empoisonnée +
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Feeder and Rounders, 1841 +
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1854 Unified Knickerbocker-Eagle-Gotham Rules +
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'The Making of a New York Folk Hero' +
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The Young and the Restless: George Wright 1865-1868. +
The Forbidden Temptation of Baseball +
The Young and the Restless: George Wright, 1865-1868 +
Ten-Position Base Ball [Version 1.0] +
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Baseball Making Notes +
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Very Early (pre-1857) Rules on Base Advancement After Caught Fly Balls +
B
Ballplaying by Civil War Soldiers +
W
When Towns Had Teams +
B
Baseball's First Inning: A History of the National Pastime Through the Civil War +
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Pastime Lost:The Humble, Original, and Now Completely Forgotten Game of English Baseball +
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1845 -- Baseball in Brooklyn, 1845 - 1870 +
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Chapter 10. Baseball in Philadelphia (of 'Baseball's First Inning') +
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Length of Games, 1860-1865 +
C
Chapter 2 -- Wicket Ball: The Predecessor to 'The New York Game' +
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Wicket Ball +
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Research Bibliography for Early Base Ball +
B
Baseball Pioneers +
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NER Project Overview +
C
Chapter 5, Massachusetts +
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Massachsetts (Chapter Five of Baseball Founders) +
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Search Terms +
E
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Old old games +
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The Laws of baseball . . .and the 'Unchanging Game' +
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Baseball in the Berkshires: A County's Common Bond +
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There is Nothing Now Heard of, in our Leisure Hours, But Ball, Ball, Ball +
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Sports in North America, a Documentary History: Sports in the Colonial Era, 1618-1783 +
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The Early Sporting Press in New England +
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Base Ball on the Field, 1858-1865 +
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Sons of Liberty +
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Number of Known BB Clubs in Forty Largest US Cities, 1870 +
B
Baseball Discovered -- A one-hour Emmy-nominated Documentary on Baseball's Beginnings +
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Ethnicity in 19C Base Ball -- A General Introduction +
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Lost for 200 Years: John Thorn's Detects Base Ball in New York in 1821 +
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The Rise of Baseball in Minnesota +
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McKinstry vs. Brooklyn Daily Times +
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Origins Newsletter -- February 2021 +
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Number of Known BB Clubs in 40 Largest US Cities, 1870 +
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Rounders: Baseball's True Origin? +
S
Such Tumbles, Such Collisions +
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The First Baseball Game In Mexico +
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Rounders: A Game That "Gets No Respect" +
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When The Game Was Not The Thing +
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Old Team Nicknames +
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Playing "Ball" In Canada In 1803 +
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Interview With Author Tom Gilbert +
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"A Plague Is Upon Us" +
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Peanuts, But No Cracker Jack +
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Towards A Definition Of Baseball +
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Origins Newsletter -- May 2021 +
Origins Newsletter -- September 2021 +
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Litchfield and the Old Connecticut Game of Wicket +
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Notes on the History and Evolution of Stoolball +
E
Early Women's Baseball +
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Protoball Interview With Richard Hershberger +
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Runs, Runs and More Runs: Baseball 1866-1870. By the Numbers +
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The Old-Time Game of Wicket +
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$1000 paid for a release +
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1823 Glossary Lists "Base-ball" as Local Suffolk Game +
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The earliest known reference to baseball as the “national” game, from an article generally about, and praising, cricket +
the earliest known reference to baseball as the “national” game, from an article generally about, and praising, cricket +
The condition and size of the Newark Club +
A
an exchange of cheers +
an account of an early match; crowd control +
a game played to end by the clock +
C
calling for judgment on foul balls +
N
neutral grounds for third game a novelty +
S
swift pitchers +
P
post-game salutes +
A
asking the referee for judgment +
T
thrown out stealing third +
A
an early claim to an American origin of baseball +
a slow delivery allows stolen bases +
a self-congratulatory reprise of the Clipper's origin +
E
early criticism of bound catches +
A
a schoolboy essay +
G
good advice for fielders +
C
changing the Gotham grounds +
B
baseball and beer +
R
reporting juvenile games +
C
club secretaries responsible for providing reports; when do the papers send reporters? +
E
early use of “New York game” +
F
forty-five members in a club +
C
champions of 1856 +
E
early risers +
N
negotiating the rules +
T
the Excelsiors don’t practice enough +
U
ungentlemanly talk from the friends of a club +
T
the Knickerbockers decline a challenge from the Atlantics +
P
private bets on an important match +
private bets on an important match 2 +
S
stealing home +
T
the rising reputation of the Atlantics +
the rising reputation of the Atlantics continues +
A
an early slide +
a disagreement over the rules to use +
T
the origin of the game +
the reputation of the Excelsiors; fifty members +
N
non-members in matches +
H
hiring a coach +
L
laying out the playing ground +
E
early use of “time” +
T
the pitcher watching the bases to prevent steals +
the pitcher covering the bases +
D
duties of the short stop +
duties of the umpire and homerism +
A
advice to chose the last innings +
assessment of the new rules; proposal for eleven on a side +
a bogus reporter scam +
C
commentary on the NABBP +
F
failure to observe the thirty day rule +
A
a prophetic statement on called strikes +
I
interpreting when a dead ball is live +
T
the waiting game +
C
crowd control in the Massachusetts game +
A
a swift pitcher +
T
the challenged party chooses the field +
H
history of baseball; the antiquity of the game +
U
umpire asking help from the players +
T
the distinguished reputation of the Atlantics +
H
holding the runners +
A
an injury leading to an amputation +
C
charging admission to the Fashion Course match +
T
the crowd encroaching on the field +
S
swift pitching, throwing to the bases +
A
a substitute runner for an injured player; courtesy runner +
C
Chadwick the reporter for Porter's +
T
the crowd at the Fashion Course match +
D
De Bost strikes an attitude +
A
a twist on the pitch +
a run down resulting in a steal +
a balk move +
an early slide? +
a pickpocket at the Fashion Course game +
T
the catcher should not play too close to the batter +
A
a wet field dampens bounds +
T
the superiority of the New York game +
C
cricket and base ball +
I
interpreting when a dead ball is live (revisited) +
B
boys interfering with the game +
E
early inter-city play +
early examples of strike outs +
T
the fielders combine for a bound catch +
E
early use of 'south paw' +
S
swift pitching +
N
no backstop at the Fashion Course +
S
smoking while batting +
stalling; the wait game +
spreading the game +
spleen and ill-temper +
I
indecent anecdotes and songs +
C
claims of first nine players in a second nine match +
R
recriminations after a loss +
T
the umpire giving judgment in favor of the ball +
A
a delayed call +
T
the Atlantics ground +
C
crowd interference +
L
left-handed pitcher hard to hit +
T
the Atlantics have brought baseball to a perfect system +
U
using police for crowd control +
B
baseball isn't like it used to be +
U
Use of 'ace' for home run? +
A
an early triple play +
T
ten baseball players for every cricketer +
A
a query about tagging up; need the runner be tagged? +
O
off-season recruitment +
T
the Clipper gets the rules wrong +
Q
questions about foul balls +
S
Star club as 'offshoot' of the Excelsior +
F
first-nine ringers in the second nine +
B
baseball an Old-Country game +
D
definition of 'short stop' +
A
a non-NY game question +
T
the pitcher covering first base +
F
forgetting the new rule on tagging up +
C
changes of pace +
T
the Marion Club tour +
C
catcher letting the ball go past if no one on base +
Q
questions about an attempt steal of home +
T
the trophy ball is a symbolic prize; the price of a baseball +
C
can a player who has struck out bat again that inning; early use of 'strike out' +
P
pitcher's job to keep runners on the bases +
T
third nines game +
A
an outfield assist +
H
holding on runners +
A
a player abandoning his post +
N
non-members in a match; a junior fly match +
C
calling for a balk +
J
junior clubs in an inter-city match in 1859 +
W
what determines the length of a game +
F
forgot to bring a ball +
T
the expansion of the game +
M
murmuring about the umpire +
A
a gift from the ladies +
R
rules questions about foul balls +
A
a ball blocked by the crowd +
R
roping off the crowd +
T
the first victory of the season by a New York over a Brooklyn club +
A
are trees part of the ground? +
C
credit for low scoring goes to the fielders +
T
tagging up +
D
does the runner have to touch the base? +
A
asking for judgment on a balk +
G
grumblings about the umpire from idle club members +
T
time of commencing play +
W
wild pitching to delay the game +
A
a fly ball caught off a house +
T
the reason for no official championship +
A
a run down +
S
swift pitching, and strike outs +
A
a sample of play +
almost thrown out stealing +
a wild throw on a pickoff attempt +
T
tie goes to the ball +
A
a steal of home +
T
the art of pitching +
C
comparing the New York and Massachusetts games +
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'stealing in' home +
P
pitcher covers third base for an out on a foul +
E
early call of 'time' by the umpire, and ground rules +
T
the hidden ball trick +
A
another defense of the New York game +
F
first baseman pulled off the bag +
fielders wearing gloves against the cold +
A
a mixed fly game +
G
going to California +
A
an early game on ice skates +
P
T
the Eckford Club Invitation Ball +
the Knickerbocker club chartered +
S
shortage of playing fields +
C
country play in California +
O
origin of the trophy ball +
B
baseball vs cricket +
A
a new style of base +
C
Creighton joins the Excelsiors +
S
spreading the word +
P
points of rules for Philadelphia clubs +
A
an early complaint about no facilities for reporters +
a baseball resort in East New York +
C
Creighton's delivery +
A
accommodations for reporters +
C
carpets laid out for players +
A
a steal of home 2 +
O
off-season recruitment 2 +
H
hints to umpires +
T
the Bowdoin Club reconnoiters the New York play for updates +
touching the base with the ball not an out +
the position of the first baseman +
the batter standing behind his line +
N
New York vs. Canada +
P
putting a runner out on a foul fly catch +
C
criticizing the pitcher for allowing runners to advance +
H
home club offers cheers +
T
the Putnam grounds +
F
fine batting +
E
early use of the word 'steal' +
I
interpreting 'in the hands of the pitcher' +
A
an over-excited crowd +
a suggestion of a proto-pitch out +
P
prematurely making a foul ball live +
C
can a batter put out bat again in the inning? +
A
advice to umpires about seeking help from players +
S
swift pitching 2 +
C
Creighton's pitching; and a pick off +
A
an early muffin match +
an intercollegiate challenged foiled by rules disagreement +
H
harmonizing rules +
S
suppressing outside talk +
A
an accidental bunt declared a 'no hit' +
T
the pernicious effects of betting, and rumors of thrown games +
S
short throw to the short stop breaking up a double steal with a 'point' +
simultaneous first and second nine games +
T
the path from the pitcher to home +
S
spectators from far-flung places +
B
building the Excelsior nine +
A
a question from a country club about fly balls +
T
third nines game 2 +
A
a ball dropped on the fly, caught on the bound +
S
smoking while at bat +
H
holding a runner on base +
S
status of baseball clubs in Baltimore +
T
two Gotham Jr. clubs +
C
country clubs using 'associate umpires' +
A
a 'foul' call; and a force play remains intact even after the batter is out +
N
no force on a ball caught on the first bound +
R
rumors of shenanigans after the Excelsiors lose to the Atlantics in the late innings +
I
illustrating the game +
M
more on force plays +
C
Creighton injured +
R
recruiting from the Star club +
F
fifty active members +
T
the failed Excelsior-Atlantic match +
I
interpretation of a foul ball off the hands of the pitcher in fair territory +
U
umpire abuse by 'Brooklyn blackguards': +
E
Excelsiors Atlantics final game +
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'roughs' at matches +
'sliding in' to the base +
T
the Atlantics' side of the third game with the Excelsiors +
W
watching a pop fly drop for a double +
A
a postscript to the third Excelsior-Atlantic game +
T
the runner not out if the umpire doesn't see the play +
the banner of the Joe Leggett BBC of Cohoes, NY +
A
A relic of the Charter Oak +
T
twist pitching +
the umpire calling strikes +
the first fly game in New England +
the spread of the game: a base ball jubilee +
C
continued confusion about tagging up +
A
another club named after a player +
H
how umpires should call strikes; batter calling for placement; high low zones +
B
batters standing behind the line +
T
the catcher takes a foul ball to the face +
the effect of Creighton's pitching on the locals +
A
a triple play +
V
verbal assists among players +
F
foul call not heard by batter or runner: direct return path at issue +
A
a question about a ball off the hands of the pitcher in fair territory into foul territory +
C
catcher throwing to second +
U
umpire intimidation +
A
a tie goes to the ball +
a pickoff by the catcher +
T
the disadvantages of championship games +
P
playing baseball for money +
T
the pitcher throwing true to the bases +
the first shut out +
A
a pick-off +
N
New York veterans in California +
A
a 'fusion' game of mixed sides +
C
confusion over club names +
T
the membership of the Bowdoin Club +
B
baseball in skates ruins the ice +
A
a baseball club in Cincinnati +
T
the outbreak of war, and a game twelve on each side: +
A
another game twelve on a side +
C
crowd control and chalk lines +
G
getting the Atlantic first nine to practice +
C
conflicting interpretations of a balk +
P
Pratt's delivery +
G
ground control +
A
an attempt to introduce a ringer +
an Atlantic mistaken for John Heenan +
a baseball battalion is proposed +
N
no backstop on the Harlem grounds +
F
foul ball confusion among the runners +
A
a 'point' of the game illustrated +
C
confusion over whether a ball is fair or foul +
A
an early slide? and a call for judgment +
S
stalling for darkness +
C
Chadwick at the Clipper, not yet at the Sunday Mercury +
P
preparing for a grand match +
T
twist pitching 2 +
A
a planned benefit match for Pierce and Creighton; enclosed grounds +
T
the runner thrown out on a foul ball +
A
a donkey match +
U
upcoming fly game discussion +
T
the 'playing off' problem discussed in council +
A
an early proposal for the Union Grounds +
a game on ice broken up by competition from outside skaters for the pond +
P
preparing the Carroll Park grounds; club day games +
D
difficulty procuring grounds +
F
financial provisions at the new Union grounds +
futile pick-off attempts +
T
the game spreads to Rhode Island: +
the opening of the Union Grounds +
the second year of the war: +
A
a run down 2 +
a 'point' of the game: +
C
crowd control on the new Union grounds: +
N
no admission charge for the games in Philadelphia +
R
rules of conduct while on tour: +
C
Creighton's swift pitching; catcher's sore hands limits pitching speed +
H
hit batsman +
P
poor behavior by Charlie Bomeisler +
A
a ten cent benefit match +
advice to umpires +
T
tips on rules, offered to Philadelphia clubs +
The Excelsiors' tasty uniforms +
A
acceptance of the New York game in Massachusetts: +
P
pitcher throwing to the bases +
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'fly tips' definition +
C
crowd control +
A
a four-base strikeout +
T
the runner thrown out on a foul ball 2 +
A
An early appreciation of Chadwick +
T
the Union grounds +
A
a runner put out on a foul ball +
C
Creighton's pitching; calling for high and low balls +
P
pitching and catching on a muddy field +
A
a third nine +
R
runners must touch the bases +
A
a proposed charity match +
an assist from the crowd on a passed ball; block ball +
a steal of home on a offer to fight +
O
outside clubs providing crowd control +
A
a ball off the club house +
W
wild pitching +
P
playing with eight players +
T
the price of swifter pitching +
A
an early player eligibility dispute +
S
Star club as feeder to the Excelsior, Enterprise to the Atlantic +
E
enlarged membership of the Star club +
C
calling for judgment on a throw to first +
E
early plans for the Capitoline Grounds +
I
intramural games now referred to as 'practice games': +
S
showing the new attitude about competition vs socializing: +
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...note, however: +
M
more on the new regimen of practice games: +
more questions about force plays +
R
runners must touch the bases 2 +
I
it ain't over till it's over: +
it's good to have friends in high places: +
F
fielding in 1863 +
C
crowd control on the Atlantics' ground: +
J
Joe Leggett in decline +
S
some good advice on base running: +
T
the Gettysburg campaign and Philadelphia ballplayers +
P
Pratt jumps ship +
Q
quick pitch; wild pitches trying to hold on a runner +
W
when the striker becomes a runner +
T
the definition of a home run +
S
swift versus slow pitching +
E
early professionalism hinted at; political patronage +
G
game length +
P
pitching strategy: +
pitching unfair balls +
A
absence of chalk lines +
a lefty should not play third, should play first +
Q
quality of fielding +
A
a ten-man fly game; home runs over the fence +
a benefit match, and crowd deportment +
P
pitching technique +
B
batter obstructing the catcher +
A
a foul off an accident hit +
a college twist pitcher +
a hint of coming called balls +
T
ten men on a side matches +
A
a late wait game +
W
wide balls; base on balls +
A
as darkness falls +
L
loose play following 'refreshments' +
B
benefits of mixing baseball and cricket +
I
instructions on calculating averages +
P
proposed rules amendments; wide balls, as in cricket +
H
how old is baseball? +
E
early judiciary committee items +
P
pitching rules amended +
J
Joe Leggett breaks his leg +
R
recruiting players +
T
the status of moribund clubs +
the condition of the grounds early in the season +
the expected effect of the new pitching rules; balls and strikes +
the Capitoline Grounds +
the new Capitoline grounds +
A
an early attribution of the spread of baseball to the Civil War +
T
the new Camden club +
S
Star Club to play the fly game +
T
the new ground of the Olympics and Athletics +
P
pitching deliveries +
C
called balls and the new delivery rule +
T
the rules of the Capitoline Grounds +
the Winona Club dissolves +
C
clubs insisting on the fly game +
T
the new rules: batters can ask for high or low balls +
the new rules: pitchers' feet on the ground +
C
Coney Island grounds and the railroad +
A
applying the new pitching rules +
attempting to incorporate the National Association +
P
players not in uniform +
practice methods +
I
interpreting the new pitching rules +
T
twenty-five cent admission for a benefit match +
The new Olympic grounds +
C
coaching from inside the infield +
T
the Capitoline Grounds 2 +
P
practice styles +
T
the Empires and the Atlantics reconcile +
C
calling balls when balks should have been called; an early base on balls +
P
pitcher sneaking a step in his delivery +
T
the Atlantics insist on the bound game +
I
interpreting called balls and strikes +
A
a dropped infield fly +
U
umpire too lenient about calling balls +
A
an early appearance of Al Reach with the Athletics +
W
when to call strikes and balls +
A
an umpire calling balls and strikes +