Another Joe Morgan funny

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by yawetag

So it was a balk, and he would have scored anyway?


Defensive Indifference. If he's fast enough and gets a good enough jump, catchers won't even try.

Wrong both times. The pitcher on the play was Billingsley, and he took this deliberate windup, ufolded, turned, looked at the plate, and Cabrera was sliding in and he held up the pitch. Steal.

The steals without throws are key steals of second like Steve just described, in which the guy gets such a sick jump that there is no play. It's a steal, and not defensive indifference. I know the indifference.

I don't really need an introductory scoring lesson, I got that in 1967. But thanks anyway.