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Barndon Phillips double steal

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Here is a link to an article. There is a video link in the article, but I'm not sure if its free or I can access it because I subscribe to MLB TV.

It was sorta like what Pedroia did, but Phillips never stopped. Zimmerman (in the SS hole with the shift) was covering second, realized ahead of time what was happening, and unlike Gomez cut his move to second short and took off for third. Phillips passes Zimmerman in route and slides in just under the tag.

During the fourth inning of a 7-2 loss to the Nationals, Phillips was on first base when left-handed hitter Adam Dunn came to the plate.

Nationals first baseman Dmitri Young held Phillips on the base while the rest of the defense shifted over one position, leaving third baseman Ryan Zimmerman in the position normally occupied by the shortstop.

Phillips noticed this formation often, and had been plotting to steal two bases at just the right opportunity.

"It's been in my mind to do it at home," he said. "But today I just saw another opportunity. Zimmerman was at second, and nobody was at third, so I just started running."

Phillips took off to steal second base, which he did without a throw from the Nationals. He then turned toward third and hustled toward the base before the Nationals could adjust to what was happening.

Zimmerman tried to sprint over and tag Phillips out, but Zimmerman was several steps behind him, giving Phillips two bases on the play.

BTW, why can't we edit titles? Some of us are teh suck at typing

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