05-03-2010, 06:56 PM
<!--quoteo(post=94464:date=May 3 2010, 05:44 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ May 3 2010, 05:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=94447:date=May 3 2010, 04:15 PM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jstraw @ May 3 2010, 04:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->In Henderson's record-setting year (130 in 1982) he was caught stealing 42 times. He was picked off or caught in a run-down 14 times.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'd say that a guy who steals 130 bases is basically running wild, no? Like, in a way that absolutely nobody in history has ever done.
<b>Question</b>: do you guys actually think that guys who get picked off first are NEVER caught napping?
-That they're all extremely heads-up ballplayers who are simply physically incapable of getting back to first base all the time?
-That it's 100% a skill, and some guys just don't have the physical skill?
-That unlike other parts of the game, where there is blatant evidence of a player who's head is in the clouds (throwing the ball in the stands with only 2 outs, etc.) , these type of players <i>never</i> make mental mistakes when on first base?
Is that the line of reasoning?
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Dude, there isn't anybody saying guys never get caught napping, nor is there anyone saying that when someone gets caught napping it isn't a mental mistake. The point is, a lot of the time, when someone gets picked off, it's because they're leaning towards second trying to get a better jump in order to steal second. And that isn't a mental mistake.
I'd say that a guy who steals 130 bases is basically running wild, no? Like, in a way that absolutely nobody in history has ever done.
<b>Question</b>: do you guys actually think that guys who get picked off first are NEVER caught napping?
-That they're all extremely heads-up ballplayers who are simply physically incapable of getting back to first base all the time?
-That it's 100% a skill, and some guys just don't have the physical skill?
-That unlike other parts of the game, where there is blatant evidence of a player who's head is in the clouds (throwing the ball in the stands with only 2 outs, etc.) , these type of players <i>never</i> make mental mistakes when on first base?
Is that the line of reasoning?
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Dude, there isn't anybody saying guys never get caught napping, nor is there anyone saying that when someone gets caught napping it isn't a mental mistake. The point is, a lot of the time, when someone gets picked off, it's because they're leaning towards second trying to get a better jump in order to steal second. And that isn't a mental mistake.
The thing you need to remember is that all Cardinals fans and all White Sox fans are very bad people. It's a fact that has been scientifically proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. Being a Cubs fan is the only path to rightousness and piousness. Cardinal and White Sox fans exist to be the dark, diabolical forces that oppose us. They are the yin to our yang, the Joker to our Batman, the demon to our angel, the insurgence to our freedom, the oil to our water, the club to our baby seal. Their happiness occurs only in direct conflict with everything that is pure and good in this world.
-Dirk
-Dirk