Stealing is a big part of baseball tradition. The air fills with electricity when great base runners threaten to take off. The crowd cheers and history books get rewritten with a speedy runner standing on first. Pitchers get nervous. Right-handers peek over their left shoulder for a pick-off. Lefties have a stare-down. Catchers check their […]
THEFT IN SPORTS, THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE BEST
March 18, 2014 by David Gillaspie
Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: and Vernon Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Lou Brock, Major League Baseball, Maury Wills, Mission Reds, Pacific Coast League, Portland, Portland Beavers, Portland Orioles, Ricky Henderson, Sacramento Solons, Salt Lake Bees, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Seals, Seattle Rainiers, Spokane Indians, sports history, the Hawaii Islanders, the Hollywood Stars, the Oakland Oaks, the Phoenix Giants, Vancouver Canadians