Well, stealing bases adds some runs but very few, and you lose most of…

Bill James
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Well, stealing bases adds some runs but very few, and you lose most of the runs that you gain by having runners caught stealing. ✨ The Man Behind The 'Moneyball' Sabermetrics. Talk of the Nation with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. September 26, 2011.
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Well, stealing bases adds some runs but very few, and you lose most of the runs that you gain by having runners caught stealing. ✨ The Man Behind The 'Moneyball' Sabermetrics. Talk of the Nation with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. September 26, 2011.

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