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Originally Posted by bk400
I was wondering the same thing. But then I thought that it is quite possible that SB attempts are down significantly from the prime Rickey Henderson years, given that advanced analytics have taken over many aspects of the game. And those analytics have seemingly devalued the stolen base. So you've got to be a much more sure-footed base stealer before the manager will give you a green light to run today.
As an aside, one of the things that analytics has made less fun about baseball are reducing the frequency of things like stolen bases, hit-and-run plays, and suicide squeezes.
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Agree that analytics has taken fun things about small ball, like bunts and stolen bases, from the game. Stolen bases are probably down also due to the fact that the pitcher is getting the ball to the plate faster than in the past and catcher can probably throw it a bit faster to second too.