These days, it is hard to imagine a scenario in which a team would have to think of ground rules regarding an”overflow of spectators upon the playing area,” but as always, we refer you to the cardinal principle: There’s a reason that this is from the rulebook, and the rationale is exactly as bizarre as you would expect.
As a result of the creation of the American League the first World Series was played in 1903. The matchup featured Honus Wagner and the Pittsburgh Pirates from the upstart Boston Americans — whose rotation was led by a guy.
Anticipation was high as you may imagine. So large, in Actuality, when the Series shifted to Pittsburgh for Game 3, Exhibition Park could not match the Whole audience: The announced attendance was a bit over 18,000 fans, but so many more snuck through fences that finally some 20,000-25,000 had swarmed the area:
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The city had to phone in over a hundred police officers to handle the crowd, which stood just a few feet from every foul line and 10 deep in front of the backstop from the time the game really started. Considering that the spectatorsn’t went anywhere, ground rules needed to be written, and the responsibility fell on Pirates player/manager Fred Clarke.
Clarke’s choice? Any ball which rolled under the rope separating the field from the fans and past the outfielders would be ruled a ground-rule triple. The four games played at Exhibition Park — the World Series was a best-of-nine before 1905 — showcased 17 triples that were ground-rule, and Boston rallied from a 3-1 deficit to win the championship in eight games.

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