Query about the "quick pitch"

Gerald Cohen gcohen at UMR.EDU
Sat Jun 21 18:39:18 UTC 2003


   When was the "quick pitch" was outlawed in baseball? I'd be
grateful if someone would let me know.

    An article in the newspaper _San Francisco Bulletin_ (March 10,
1913, p. 17, col. 1) includes "...sneaked over a strike on the
batsman."
In context, this seems to refer to the quick pitch, but I thought
this pitch was outlawed already in the 19th century.

     The newspaper quote is:

"Twice during the game Pat [Harkins, Seals pitcher] sneaked over a
strike on the batsman.  He fooled Harry Lord [of the Chicago White
Sox] on this once."

Gerald Cohen



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