Sentence examples for of base stealing from inspiring English sources

I was thrilled during the recent event to meet my Dodger hero, shortstop Maury Wills, who was the master of base stealing.

He thinks he will benefit from working again with first base coach Davey Lopes, who was a coach with the Phillies from 2007 to 2010 and taught him the finer points of base stealing.

Victorino said both teams worked on the craft of base stealing every day.

His habit of base stealing when his team was already trouncing an opponent was widely seen as unsportsmanlike.

Summoning every bit of information about the craft of base stealing that he had gleaned from his previous 365 attempts — and with his manager's blessing — Soriano set out on an 85-foot sprint that changed the course of the game, and perhaps the Yankees' playoff hopes.

The Royals did it primarily by employing a risky strategy of running wild on the bases, stealing seven times in seven tries, the most in a playoff game since 1975.

Of course there's base stealing and other things that are good offensively, too, but as far as being a hitter, those are the three key things".

The Dodgers won World Series championships in 1959, 1963, and 1965 behind the clutch pitching of stars Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale and the speed of base-stealing sensation Maury Wills.

"That play set the tone". The Eagles, who entered the contest with 119 stolen bases, stole three of their eight bases in the game to help take a 4-2 lead in the second.

At 143, his WRC+ was tied for eighth all-time among catchers with at 45% of base runners caught stealing.

Instead of Dr. Zizmor, there were replays of home runs, stolen bases and other baseball highlights.