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ProfessorGAC

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1. Never Heard Back Pick Either
Sun Mar 19, 2023, 06:57 PM
Mar 2023

Seen it plenty of times. Never heard the term before.
Teams generally don't like it, because a catcher throwing that way either has to turn to throw or get less velocity.
So, it's a rarely successful play unless the catcher has Bench's arm. And, if they know it's coming they just shorten the leadoff by a few inches.
I think the real way to reduce steals is to get the pitcher to have a quicker move from commitment to release.
Many pitchers have relatively long deliveries because they haven't worried about stolen bases much for the last 30 years.

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