“.…he [Charlie McFarland] displayed bad judgment immediately after by failing to waste a pitch on Seigle. Mac had two strikes on the Red outfielder before even a ball was called, yet he let the next one cut the plate, and Seigle walloped it to the fence, clearing the bases.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 8, 1906, p6
No earliest use given in 2009 Dickson Baseball Dictionary
