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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
If he's so fast why does he only have 18 Stolen bases????He doesn't even lead his TEAM in this category.
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Because for most of the year, he batted third in the order, with guys like Sheffield and Giambi hitting behind him. You don't go running a guy, or play hit and run, and risk running yourself out of a potential big inning and/or taking the bat out of your sluggers' hands. Not a lot of teams have their #3 hitter stealing with their clean-up hitter at the plate and less than 2 outs
Let's say Ortiz had speed---would you run him with Manny at the plate?