Henderson messed up many a pitcher's mind ... probably had the catcher on edge as well .... prior to Henderson ... there was a player on the Dodgers (Maury Wills) that had the same effect ...
Vince Coleman was able to disrupt opposing teams for a bit on the basepaths as well but he kind of torpedoed his own career. Was arguably more cocky than Ricky but didn't have the same level of talent.
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I agree, and our manager should really let our speedsters run. Not necessarily at will but get our runners practicing now while the season is ending. Hopefully by next season our runners can be distracting the opposing team.
Tbf, what “speedsters” do we have?
yeah, but using RH as a base stealing comparison is like comparing any power hitting strategy to BLB.
nobody did. RH stands alone. The phuking guy had Robby Thompson HOLDING HIM ON SECOND BASE in the 89 WS.
Sure. But as SF said, and I alluded to, simply bypassing the running game makes other teams much more comfortable defending JUST the batter. You don’t need to disrupt the defense to the level of Rickey to get a significant advantage. Double plays disappear. Pitchers are distracted. Pitcher commit balks. Catchers throw the ball to the OF. The offensive teams burns their challenge early so they can’t use it on a close play at 1st in the 6th. Etc. Etc. Etc.
Yep, those are the ones I’m counting too. But we don’t run enough, I guess the main problem is we don’t get on base enough to run.
Yes, yes it is. So hopefully Chap brings some of his friends over who told him they were interested.
100% agreed. Just pointing out the uniqueness of Ricky.
Literally almost killed me.
Not a powerhouse lineup, but there are the beginnings of a bit of a core there…
As long as they aren't also anemic.
The defense improves but I'm not so sure about the offense.
LWJ may be replaced midway through the season with a Belt+ level player. With Eldridge, Ramos and Fitz in the mid of our order, with Chappy, Lee and Kim in support spots, that approaches respectability…
