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Posted By: J Levine

The answer is correct and you can thank King Kelly for this little piece of rule making...if I recall the story correctly
(which probably is not totally correct), Kelly was a player/manager. On one of his off days (rare for him) he was in street clothes and the rules at the time stated that any player could come into the game by announcing his name to the umpire and who he was replacing. Kelly standing in the dugout saw his pitcher throw a pitch which the batter popped up toward the dugout. Kelly stands up and loudly announces that he is in for the third baseman and makes the catch...the batter was ruled out. The rule change concerning checking in with the umpire during a timeout came soon after and a rule change concerning uniforms also came around that time. I may have this story wrong but I recall reading it somewhere...it is late and my mind wanders...does someone else have the complete version?

-Joshua