Word: balking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...followed with a foul and out by Allen. Foster led off with a three base hit beyond left. Winslow struck out. Dean caught Beaman's hit. Foster got home on another wild throw by Henshaw to third. Phillips was given first on balls and reached second on McLeod's balk. He stole third. Nichols got first on balls. Phillips tried to steal home on a passed ball but was caught on the plate by McLeod. Dean led off with a good hit for one base, stole second and third and got home on a passed ball. Linn got around...
...Lyons, Brennan. Three-base hits-Stovey, Larkin First base on balls-Welch (2), Stovey (2), Larkin (2), Purcell, Smith (3), Howland, Dean. First base on errors-Harvard, 1. Struck out-Welch, Lynn (2), Schroll (2), Brown (2), Evans (3), Dean, McLeod (3). Passed ball-Howland. Wild pitches-McLeod 3. Balk-McLeod. Time-1 hour, 45 minutes. Umpire-Gaffney...
Rule 20. A balk-if the pitcher, when about to deliver the ball to the bat, while standing within the lines of his position, makes any one of the series of motions he habitually makes in so delivering the ball, and then fails to deliver the ball...
...Dartmouth, G. Nettleton opened with a base hit and took second on Tilden's fumble. He went to third on Nichols' balk; Springfield struck out; Hale hit a ground ball to Phillips, and G. Nettleton started home, but Phillips threw to Allen and he turned back. Allen threw back to Phillips, and after a good deal of throwing to and for Phillips threw to Nichols, who touched Nettleton out. Hale took second during this play and went to third on a wild pitch, but Chellis strike out leaving him on base. Second inning. Phillips flied out to Springfield. Tilden made...
Only one change has been made in the rules of the National Base-ball league for the ensuing year, and that is the expunging of the rule regarding the "foul balk...