Yes, you really can steal first base
Crafting the Call: How to sound smart during bad baserunning ... and other advice when something happens you've never seen
The cliche is most often used when describing a really fast baserunner who can’t get on base frequently enough to take advantage of his speed.
You can’t steal first base.
Actually, technically, it’s happened a couple times in baseball history. Just not in the way you might think.
On this week’s “Crafting the Call” episode, Jesse Goldberg-Strassler and I de…
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