Talk:Knickerbocker Rules

Source
The source for the cited source (baseballalmanac) may be a faux facsimile reprint. --P64 23:40, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * A faux facsimile? You mean a "fake fake"? Wahkeenah 23:51, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * See your talk page for followup. d:) Wahkeenah 02:21, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Rule 10 and the foul strike
Was there a foul strike introduced in 1858? For how long? The foul strike was finally adopted by the NL in 1901, the AL and many others in 1903. --P64 23:51, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * It was long before 1901. I think it was in 1858. Maybe the article is unclear. Also, you might be technically right about a fair ball over the fence being considered foul, but at places like the Elysian Fields there were basically no outfield fences, so that was a moot point. Wahkeenah 02:21, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Exact wording
The external link where the rules are given in HTML contains some obvious errors (like "of" for "or" in the 2nd rule). Compare the original or supposed original available in the form of images on the same site: there at least half a dozen discrepancies. Presumably the HTML copy was retyped without adequate proofreading.

At least two of these apparently incorrect wordings have made it onto the Wikipedia page. Someone should cross-check the different versions carefully, but I don't have time now. --207.176.159.90 (talk) 05:25, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Instead of being cryptic, maybe you could explain exactly which two wordings in the wikipedia article appear to be incorrect. I just read the subset of rules that are actually quoted in the article, and nothing really jumped out at me as being terribly wrong. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 07:21, 19 January 2008 (UTC)