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I know this has been brought up but can we steal anymore? Why not send Roberts after a lead off walk. Instead we ground into a dp. We are the only team that doesn't score after a lead off walk. Plus, Jones on with 2 outs, steal! Get into scoring position for Kakes.

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Well, DT could try to avoid them by calling for H&R's, but then folks would be mad at him for doing that, so...

I remember that, earlier in the season DT was calling some H&R's and people on here were complaining since not all of them were working out. I personally like the H&R's, only if we executed them better earlier in the season. I also personally like being aggressive on the base paths, stealing bases. BRob doesn't seem to be stealing many bases lately however If I saw right they said he's 26/26 on the year. Right? Go ahead and take some more, seems he's pretty successful.

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I know this has been brought up but can we steal anymore? Why not send Roberts after a lead off walk. Instead we ground into a dp. We are the only team that doesn't score after a lead off walk. Plus, Jones on with 2 outs, steal! Get into scoring position for Kakes.
We were playing for the" big " inning.:rofl:
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I know this has been brought up but can we steal anymore? Why not send Roberts after a lead off walk. Instead we ground into a dp. We are the only team that doesn't score after a lead off walk. Plus, Jones on with 2 outs, steal! Get into scoring position for Kakes.

Agreed. We have enough speed up there. I've said it all season, I guess it's just DT isn't very aggressive?

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I remember that, earlier in the season DT was calling some H&R's and people on here were complaining since not all of them were working out. I personally like the H&R's, only if we executed them better earlier in the season. I also personally like being aggressive on the base paths, stealing bases. BRob doesn't seem to be stealing many bases lately however If I saw right they said he's 26/26 on the year. Right? Go ahead and take some more, seems he's pretty successful.

He is 20/25 which is still good but not 26/26...

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I know this has been brought up but can we steal anymore? Why not send Roberts after a lead off walk. Instead we ground into a dp. We are the only team that doesn't score after a lead off walk. Plus, Jones on with 2 outs, steal! Get into scoring position for Kakes.

We're setting it up for another late comeback. Similar to the 10-1 game against the Sox earlier this year. :rolleyes:

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