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Old Thu Apr 11, 2013, 05:09pm
Tim C Tim C is offline
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"Back in the day, after a foul ball, R1 would stand a foot away from 2B and declare that this was his lead. When the ball was put back into play, he would "steal" 2b."
The player that did this was Don Hoak (eventually a member of the 1960 World Championship Pittsburgh Pirates.)
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