Fw: Dropped Third Strike - An Explanation

[aldoran]

-----Original Message-----
From: "James Robert Williamson" <jrwilliamson at foodfacility.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:43:25 
To:"Al Doran for Postings" <fastball at pmihrm.com>
Subject: Dropped Third Strike - An Explanation

Dropped Third Strike - An Explanation
by Jim Williamson
jrwilliamson (at) foodfacility.com

I asked a former Major League pitcher about the origin of the Dropped Third
Strike rule while I was at the Diamond Backs Spring Training Camp for a Wood
Bat Baseball Tournament this past weekend.

He pointed out that the Original Knickerbocker RULES of BASEBALL - 1845 -
list Rule 5 as follows:

"Three balls being struck at and missed, and the last one caught, is a hand
out; if not caught, is considered fair, and the striker bound to run".



Al Doran
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