Most stolen bases are stolen off the pitcher not the catchers. In the 70's/80's pitchers had such high leg kicks that it made it much easier for the runners. Now with shorter deliveries and things like the slide step it makes things much harder on the runners.
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Felix Unger talking to Oscar Madison: "Your horse could finish third by 20 lengths and they still pay you? And you have been losing money for all these years?!"
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