baseballmusings.com - 19 days ago
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Here’s how the Tampa Bay Rays prevent the Johnny Damon double steal :
Infield coach Tom Foley said by phone Monday they employ two strategies to prevent it: SS Jason Bartlett is told that if 3B Evan Longoria takes the throw at second to immediately break toward third; and C Dioner ...
So, just how good was Damon’s steal?
hardballtimes.com 20 days ago — As I'm sure you all have heard, Johnny Damon took advantage of the shift to advance an extra base on a steal of second last night. While it was a very heads up and exciting play, it simply didn't have much of an impact on the game itself. As Jeff Sullivan of Lookout Landing notes :
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Better than “the Steal”?
spartyandfriends.com 20 days ago — This of course all becomes moo*if they Yankees choke away their 3-1 advantage over Philadelphia. However, Johnny Damon had one of the most heads up base running plays in postseason history last night, it set of a chain reaction in the way Brad ...
Damon's Steal: instant history
bases.nbcsports.com 20 days ago — On the one hand, the double steal by Damon in the 9th doesn't really matter, right? He'd be on second base before the A-Rod hit and still would have scored, even if someone had thought to cover third.On the other...
On The Damon Steal
lookoutlanding.com 20 days ago —
It was a very heads-up play. Not a lot of guys would've been paying attention to third base in that situation, but Damon was thinking the whole time, and earned himself a free 90 feet. There was no risk - he saw that the base was uncovered and knew ...
Game 4: Yanks “Steal” One – On the Precipice
nybaseballdigest.com 21 days ago — All it took was a simple “double steal” to rattle Brad Lidge and bring him back down to earth. When Johnny Damon arrived at the plate Lidge had pitched 4.2 scoreless innings in the playoffs. A bloop single and two stolen bases on one play opened the flood gates and set up another ...
Johnny Damon stolen base VIDEO
celebglitz.com 20 days ago — Two bases on the same pitch!! Check out Johnny Damon's double steal video. Johnny Damon's amazing double steal helped ..
Depressing
perfectknight.blogspot.com 21 days ago — Crappy Brad Lidge reared his ugly head tonight. Great at-bat by Damon started it. But once he stole second, and third thanks to the shift and Lidge sleeping, the end began. McCarver made a lot of hay discussing the slider, and how Lidge wasn't going to throw it with the tying run on third. Lidge ...
Game Within the Game
baseballmusings.com 20 days ago — Johnny Damon on why he tried to go to third on the stolen base :
“What were you doing going to third?” Damon was asked in the Yankee clubhouse.
Johnny Damon smiled and said, “Trying to keep (Lidge) from throwing a slider.”
So Lidge doesn’t trust Ruiz to block ...
The play that changed the World Series
mlbnotebook.com 20 days ago — Thanks to a heads-up play by Johnny Damon and the Phillies playing the lefty power hitter shift defense, what could have been a World Series tied 2-2 is now a 3-1 Yankees series lead. Game 4 becomes an instant classic in the latest volume of World Series history. All becuase Johnny Damon ...
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Anatomy of an at-bat: Johnny Damon's single
pinstripealley.com 20 days ago —
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Damon gets the AAB Award for the second straight night. His nine-pitch single with two outs in the ninth started a three-run rally that allowed Mo to ...
Report: Pirates set to trade for Iwamura —
Major League Baseball News 19 days ago
The Pirates are on the verge of completing a deal for Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura, according to The St. Petersburg Times, which is reporting that an announcement will come on Tuesday evening after Tampa Bay has been able to reach Iwamura in Japan.
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