Strike Four by Richard Hershberger

Author:Richard Hershberger
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2012-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

The argument against it was that it would reduce the interest in the game:

There seems to be a well-founded objection to permitting baserunners to return to base which they have overrun, although it may be urged that it will reduce the number of accidents arising from sliding and spiking base guardians. By permitting runners to return to the bag the game is relieved of one of its most interesting features in the prevention of basestealing by backstops in concert with the basemen, who very frequently display their cleverness and agility in retiring fleet runners, who have miscalculated the location of the bag, and match their dexterity and ingenuity against that of the base-protector in seeking to return to the goal. The runner is now permitted to overrun the first bag, which is a wise provision, but in the circuit of the second and third bases he should be compelled, as at present, to follow the base line and run his chances of retirement through sharp fielding or his inattention.[7]

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