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2010's Best Base Runners
Enlarges upon clickage. EQBRR, per Baseball Prospectus Equivalent Base Running Runs. Measures the number of runs contributed by a player's advancement on the bases, above what would be expected based on the number and quality of the baserunning opportunities with which the player is...
Productive Base Stealing And The Mets
In the recent Athletics Nation interview with A's GM Billy Beane, interviewer Tyler Bleszinski asked about an often divisive topic in the realm of baseball discussion, the stolen base: Blez: Do you think that the stolen base has become a bit of an unvalued commodity in baseball considering how...
Friday Rockpile: Rockies lack team speed, What's baseball news without Manny and Steroids?, Farewell to the "Rocky," and more...
ROX LIGHT ON WHEELS The Denver Post's Patrick Saunders went into detail about the Rockies' lack of team speed; more specifically, the fact that they don't have a legitimate stolen base threat other than Scott Podsednik, who isn't a lock to make the 25-man roster out of Spring Training. The team...
The Stealing Sox
via graphics.boston.com The most remarkable development in the 2008 Red Sox season has been speed. Coming off of last year, we expected great pitching, and we expected solid offense. But how many of us were expecting the Sox in June to be second in the league in steals? Jacoby Ellsbury is...
Stealing a Good First Impression
Every year, many A’s fans decry the fact that the A’s aren’t aggressive on the basepaths and every spring training it would seem like reporters would almost always ask A’s manager Ken Macha the same question: "Are you planning on being more aggressive on the bases this year?" And Macha would...
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