The Art of Stealing Bases

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Also, why aren't there more guys that can run and hit homers?

The best base stealers are going to be the shorter, quicker guys who are less likely to have power. It's the same reason that 20 meters into a 100 meter dash a guy like Maurice Greene would be ahead of Usain Bolt.

Then you have the power hitters generally in the middle of the lineup and guys in the middle of the lineup don't run as much.

[Gaelic Storm]

Carl Crawford is on pace for 65 steals and 15 homers and Ian Kinsler has a shot at 30/30. That's not to bad.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Gaelic Storm

Carl Crawford is on pace for 65 steals and 15 homers and Ian Kinsler has a shot at 30/30. That's not to bad.

It's not bad at all. Neither one. But when you have 87 steals and 28 homers or 80/27, 65/15 isn't much. Then again, one of those that did that before is a hall of famer and I thought the other one (Davis) had the potential to be before the injuries. I don't get impressed with 30 or 40 steals though. That's one every four or five games. Blah.