1895 Reach Guide

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I'm gonna post some interesting items from my ORIGINAL copy of the 1895 Reach Guide:

First is a report on the umpiring during 1894. Umpires were working alone at that time, and it seems that a few of them quit during the 1894 season because of the abuse they were taking.

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Here's a report on protested games in 1894. Check out the third paragraph, seems that Pittsburgh left a game after the 6th inning to catch a train:

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A report on the ejections of 1894.

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A little blurb about the player to use a catcher's mitt:

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Gotta love this one, team fines and suspends pitcher for refusing to pitch two games in row :D