Baseball History

Women Umpires

Women umpires have been few and far between at any level of baseball. Women umpires have not faired very well from the Little Leagues up to the Major League level. It has been almost 40 years since Bernice Gera sued the MLB to become the first women umpire since then women have done well in …

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Women In Baseball

LIZZIE  “SPIKE” MURPHY Women in baseball were popular as early as the 1860’s. By then there were six or eight women’s teams throughout America. The first game of record with women was in 1868. Lizzie Murphy “Spike”, as she was nicknamed, played in the women’s leagues from 1918 to 1935. Everyone knew Lizzie. She was …

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Strike Zone History

The following follows baseball strike zone history and its changes through baseball history from its inception in 1845. The Major League Baseball “Official Rules” defines the strike zone in baseball as: Rule 2.0 “THE STRIKE ZONE” is that area over home plate, the upper limit of which is a horizontal line at the midpoint between …

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PINE TAR

Pine Tar has many uses. One is the application to a baseball bat for a better grip. We will explore on this page it’s use in the game of baseball and it’s origin and many other uses. Pine tar is a sticky material made by high temperature carbonization of pine wood a distillation by a …

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The Spitball

This page is a very interesting discussion of the spitball, its evolution and reveals the history of defacing a baseball. 8.02a The pitcher shall not (1) bring his pitching hand in contact with his mouth or lips while in the 18 foot circle surrounding the pitching rubber…(2) apply a foreign substance of any kind to the …

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