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A Quick Thought On "Aggressiveness"
We spent a lot of the offseason hearing that the Brewers were going to be more aggressive on the basepaths. One of the places that aggressiveness was expected to manifest itself was stolen bases. Nineteen different Brewers attempted a steal this spring, including three different catchers (George...
Running At Will
Losing is never easy, especially dropping the first five games at home where the Rays have traditionally been a very tough team to play. Coming into the season, the Rays were tied with Boston for the best home record in baseball over the past three seasons but the results on the field during the...
The Earl Weaver Effect, Part II: Stolen Base Edition
(Click to enlarge) Last week, I looked at the extent to which Earl Weaver lived what he preached regarding the sacrifice bunt. In general, Weaver talked his talk, using the sacrifice bunt roughly 20% less than the rest of major league baseball and 10-15% less than other American League...
Should the Mets Put the Brakes on Stolen Bases? Like Many Things, it Depends.
James Kannengieser at the excellent Amazin' Avenue is a tad bit concerned over Sandy Alderson's comment the other day that "stolen bases are a footnote" given the Mets prowess in this area. He notes that the Mets have essentially been the best base stealing team over the past five years in terms...
Sandy Alderson: "Stolen Bases Are A Footnote"
Sandy Alderson was interviewed at a charity event last night by Ed Randall of Fans For The Cure, a prostate cancer awareness organization. David Lennon of Newsday shared some of Alderson's one-liners. Here is one: I'll ignore Lennon's Reyes editorial for now and instead focus on the stolen base...
On Carlos Gomez and Base Stealing
In the comments of yesterday's post on Brewers on pace, we had the start of an interesting conversation about Carlos Gomez and stolen bases. I wanted to see if I could take that a step further today. Opportunity One argument for Gomez's lack of steals is that he's rarely on base, which is true. But...
Graph of the Day: Breaking Even on the Basepaths
It's common knowledge in sabermetric circles that it's not just the stolen base that's important, it's also the caught stealing. A base stealer is only valuable if the impact of his successful steals outweighs the times he's caught. The rule of thumb is that you need to be successful close to 75%...
It's My Base Now! A Discussion of Stolen Bases for the 2009 Brewers
In case anyone else has been keeping track, no one on the Brew Crew has stolen a base since Rickie Weeks took second in our last series against the Marlins (May 14). That was sixteen games ago. In fact, only two Brewers have even tried stealing a base since then. On Memorial Day, Craig Counsell...
Tuesday Rockpile: The fate of Corpas, Hurdle's lineup, and statistical musings
Finally hearing the racket from the Row (and apparently the clubhouse), Clint Hurdle has decided to solidify his starting line-up. At least more than it has been. Despite his recent struggles (2 for his last 17), Dexter Fowler is being given the CF job for indefinitely, leaving only LF and 2B as...
Gavin Floyd Surprises Himself Again
Gavin Floyd was the easiest pitcher in baseball to steal bases off of last season. (I think. ESPN stats have been known to be wrong.) So when he teamed with AJ Pierzynsi on Saturday to gun down two potential base stealers, he surprised himself. "I was pretty excited I gave A.J. a shot to throw...
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