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Originally Posted by Paulie Cee  In all seriousness, if Steamboat doesn't believe Milledge has enough to savvy to know when a pitcher is definitely going home, Milledge shouldn't be in high school ball, never mind the big leagues. I watched that whole sequence and was as dumbstruck as everyone else. |
Exactly. I can understand not letting him try and steal the base outright but if Milledge can't figure out when the ball is being thrown to the plate why is he in the majors. As I said above, it isn't like he needed a great jump there. You run when you know the ball is going to the plate. LoDuca almost never strikes out so if you run into a strike-em-out-throw-em-out DP you tip your cap and move on. Not running there made no sense to me.