Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 536
! Of course you have ! And, in so doing, youmay have shown that you do not always recog-nize strategy and generalship when you see it,and have demonstrated one of the reasons a ball-player cares so little for either the cheers or thejeers of the stands. He knows they cheer onlyat the obvious, and… … THE HIT-AND-RUN, WHEN IT WORKS. Pitcher delivers ball — runner on first starts with the throw. Secondbaseman, seeing runner start, covers second base. But batter hits theball through second basemans position. He would field it if he wasthere, but he is covering second to take the catchers throw in…
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