6 down. 1,400 to go, and Ryan Howard has officially mastered the art of the double-steal.
In the first inning of Saturday night’s HEIST of a ballgame, Ryan stood on first with two outs, Rollins at second, and Ibañez at the plate. As Ibañez watched the second pitch from Ross Ohlendorf, Jimmy took off for third with Howard trailing him (like a cot damn shadow!) and catcher Ryan Doumit didn’t even bother with the throw.
It was the third time this year Big Brown was on the back end of a perfectly executed double-steal (fourth SB overall) — all three of them happening with a different SB partner. Jayson Werth the first time, Victorino the second, and now Jimmy Rollins.
Howard is still on pace for eight steals in 2009 and should break Rickey Henderson’s MLB record sometime during the 2184 season.
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July 13th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Wow, How amazing that Howard is begining to have soft feet and he’s stealing bases. Howard didn’t have any stolen bases untill his fourth year in the pros NOW he’s got FOUR steals this season and hasn’t been caught. Good for the big man.
July 13th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Doumit didn’t bother because NOBODY can throw a ball faster than Big Brown can run.
July 13th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Looks like we’re getting closer to picking up Pedro. Not sure how I feel about this…
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4323239
July 13th, 2009 at 11:59 am
If Pedro comes, I have a gut feeling he gets his ass kicked by Chase by the end of the year. And that would be awesome.
July 13th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
If Pedro doesn’t come, I have a gut feeling he gets his ass kicked by Chase by the end of the year. And that would be awesome.
The implication, of course, is that Chase > Chuck Norris.
July 13th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Chase beatin pedro would be a great sight.( it would like when pedro throwen zimmerman down but it would be chase thrown pedro down) pedro is a fuckin old man. We will have great experiance with Moyer and Martinez, however; it looks like will have some people to send to the St Ignatius Nursing Home.