Found June 30, 2009 on
Bugs & Cranks:
SI.com has a story today about stealing home, or as they call it “baseball’s most exciting play.” Aside from interviews with noted base stealers like Jose Reyes and Jacoby Ellsbury, the feature contains a pictoral history of every player that’s accomplished the feat this decade.
Included in these pictures is a stunning revelation: , Raul Mondesi, then of the Toronto Blue Jays once stole home. It came on April17, 2001 against the Yankees and pitcher Randy Kiesler. Making the achievement all the more noteworhty is that when it happened, the lumbering outfielder was sporting a bleach blonde mini-fro.
Mondesi of course is one of the more notorious characters from the Pirates past two decades of futility. He left the team two months into the...
Original Story:
http://www.bugsandcranks.com/andysmit...
Yardbarker aggregates the latest sports news, rumors and gossip from around the web. We use proprietary algorithms to automatically categorize stories and associate photos with articles. If you feel an article was miscategorized, please email tagging@yardbarker.com.
THE BACKYARD
AROUND THE WEB
RELATED ARTICLES
Clone Wars: Jacoby Ellsbury and Juan Pierre
Unable to increase his walk rate Jacoby Ellsbury is dangerously close to being the next Juan Pierre.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
Ted Keith: The art of stealing home: Studying baseball's most exciting play
Earlier this season, Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury was standing on third base at Fenway Park in the fifth inning of a nationally televised game against the Yankees. It was a relatively common occurrence in an otherwise common game, but the idea that entered the mind of the 25-year-old Ellsbury was a very uncommon one. It was a decidedly mischievous idea, one so rare and so daring...
Play it again, Red Sox 6, Orioles 5, 11 innings
Leadoff scoring The Orioles' leadoff hitters reached base safely and scored in each of their first four innings. Only one Orioles run was not scored by a player leading off an inning. The Red Sox didn't put their lead hitter on with a hit or a walk until the ninth, when they mounted a four-run rally to tie the game at 5. Boston's leadoff hitter in the 11th, Jacoby Ellsbury...
Isn't Payback Fun?
I have to admit after the Red Sox fell behind 5-1 this afternoon, I thought this was a game heading for the "L" column. The Red Sox looked like they sleepwalking through this contest, one of those "it's been a long road trip, let's get on the plane and head home games". They had just four hits in eight innings against Orioles rookie Brad Bergesen.They...
All Sports Forum Discussions
1 replies,
January 11, 2012











1333
1




