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Cubs first game with 2 umpires, 1888 By JohnW53 on Apr 19, 2021, 6:43am CDT +
When 5,000 spectators gathered at Chicago s West Side Park on Tuesday, July 17, 1888, they saw something they never had seen before: 2 umpires on the field at the same time.
The 4-umpire crew that we take for granted today did not become standard for all regular-season games until 1953. Even a second umpire was not mandated until 1911, although one often was assigned for important game between contending teams.
In the 1870s and 1880s, the lone umpire stood behind the pitcher s box, which was on flat ground rather than a mound. From there, the umpire called balls and strikes, as well as ruled on fair or foul balls, catches, outs at bases and all other aspects of the game.
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End-of-year odds and ends
Thank you to everyone who has read any of these posts during 2020. I hope that at least some of them have been informative and/or entertaining, and perhaps provided a few minutes of respite from a year that has been so horrible, in so many ways, both on and off the field.
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Like far too many athletes, John L. Sullivan, the greatest bare-knuckled boxer of the 1880s, fancied himself a multi-sport talent.
From the Chicago Tribune of May 29, 1883:
Sullivan the Slugger Makes a Poor
Base-Ball Pitcher.
New York, May 28. [Special.] For 50 percent of the gate-money, Mr. John L. Sullivan, Boston s pet pugilist, consented to play before a New York audience as a pitcher in a base-ball nine.
Cubs longest homers before 1900, Part 2 By JohnW53 on Dec 14, 2020, 6:53am CST +
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As noted in the previous post, of all the home runs hit by batters for the future Cubs from 1876-1900, an actual distance is cited in the Chicago Tribune for only 1: a blast by Fred Pfeffer at Detroit on Sept. 5, 1887: The ball hit a fence nearly 600 feet from the plate, and hadn t begun to come home when Fritz crossed the plate.
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In lieu of distances in feet, extraordinary home runs often were described in terms of where they landed. [Mark] Baldwin s hit in the third was a long one, the Tribune said of a game against Boston on May 16, 1888. It went to within a few feet of the engine-house before it touched the ground. At that [right fielder Tom] Brown s speed and throwing ability enabled him to get the ball and send it back so as to give Baldy trouble in making third. Had [shortstop Sam] Wise handled the throw cleanly there would have been an excellent chance for a out