In Brief: Baseball's Rule Changes - Fair or Foul? (with Doug Glanville)
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The Theory of Base Stolen Bases
Base stealing adds excitement to the game. The theory must be what we favor base stealing, he says. So yes, they wanted to add the stolen base because it's exciting and they made it more possible by the rules they put in place, the bigger bases. Yeah. How much bigger are first, second and third base now? They used to be 15 inches square, you know, 15 inches by 15. And now they're 18. so that between first and second between second and third, that's a gain for the runner of about six inches.Yeah. It's a little bit of a game because you're that much closer to the baseBecause you're lead, you're closer
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