In yet another exciting game‚ Buffalo counters four Cleveland 9th-inning runs with two of their own to win, 9 – 8.
In yet another exciting game‚ Buffalo counters four Cleveland 9th-inning runs with two of their own to win, 9 – 8.
In yet another exciting game‚ Buffalo counters four Cleveland 9th-inning runs with two of their own to win, 9 – 8.
Cleveland wins dramatically in the bottom of the 10th with 2 outs‚ 4 – 3, as 3 Buffalo players collide chasing Mike Muldoon’s single.
1882 – A fence has been erected on the Recreation Ground in San Francisco which forces the left fielder “to play over the fence, causing the players much inconvenience.”
In retaliation for the “theft” of Sam Wise and Dasher Troy by the National League, the American Association creates a loophole allowing all players either blacklisted or expelled by the NL to join AA clubs after appealing to a special commission.
The Providence Grays will be selling season tickets for $15 until March 15th, when the price will be raised to $20.
1882 – The Kentucky Legislature modifies a recently-passed law which inadvertently prohibited the playing of baseball games in the commonwealth.
1882 – The National League will continue the practice of using different color patterns on uniforms for the different positions. Third basemen will wear gray and white uniforms, as the blue and white uniforms originally sought were “impossible to obtain.”
1881 – The Western Inter-collegiate Base Ball Association is formed by Northwestern University, the University of Michigan and Racine College.
December 22 – Longtime Boston Red Stockings/Boston Red Caps manager Harry Wright signs a contract to manage the Providence Grays for the 1882 season.
1881 – The National League adopts a few new playing rules: the three-foot corridor along the first base line is adopted for the first time; runners can no longer be put out returning to their bases after a foul ball not caught; the fine for pitchers hitting batters with pitches is repealed; the “block ball” rule allowing runners to take as many bases as possible on balls going into the crowd, the fielding team being able to put them out only after returning the ball to the pitcher in his box, is also repealed.
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