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| 1961 | Despite top administrative support for bringing back a pitch banned in 1920, the Professional Baseball Rules Committee votes, 8-1, against legalizing the spitball, with only National League supervisor of umpires Cal Hubbard voting in favor of the change. Commissioner Ford Frick and American League president Joe Cronin favored the proposal, citing that the deceptive pitch could help reduce the recently increasing home run totals. |
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