The Pitcher That Goes Often To The Well Is Broken At Last – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The Pitcher That Goes Often To The Well Is Broken At Last
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The title turns an old proverb into a joke about the ballfield, where the pitcher is the one who keeps returning to the well until it finally gives way. The saying warns that repeated risk ends in failure, and the card applies it to a player asked to throw game after game. In the early 1870s, pitchers still delivered the ball underhand and often worked entire contests alone, so the strain was real enough to make the joke land. The record offers little about its maker or intended audience, but the card shows how quickly baseball's everyday habits were becoming a subject for humor.
| Created / published | c. 1870 |
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| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 7,563 × 5,698 px · prints to 25 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 9 |
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