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Message: [QUOTE="Steve UConn72, post: 4917001, member: 6157"] Someone mentioned on the Cal Baptist thread that it seems the Huskies are being thrown out trying to steal more often than last year. I thought so, too. I checked the latest stats (it says "through March 6, but I believe they are actually up to date, since Coe is listed as 3-3 with a 4.55 ERA, the same numbers as the box score showed after last night's game). The Huskies are 21 for 27 in SBA's this year (78% success rate). Last year the numbers were marginally better - 122/147 (83%). If one of this year's "caught stealing" had been successful, the rates would have been pretty similar - 81.4% this year, versus 82.9% last year. Pickoffs might be another matter - 6 already this year (16 games) versus 12 all of last season (61 games). That extrapolates to about two dozen over 61 games. That could be a big problem. There's aggressive and then there is reckless. Not sure how one might figure the number of outs created by being thrown out on the bases trying to advance on an out. That seems high, too, but that might just be a result of "Pendersball." [/QUOTE]