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Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector
40 steals now is like 25 in the past? Ohtani amazing player but no way its the same 40 steals now than it was in the past....pitchers could hold ball for 15 secs and throw to first, bases are bigger... etc.
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Hard disagree about discounting Ohtani’s SB numbers like that.
When Canseco was the first to go 40-40 you had guys like Rickey, Tim Raines and Vince Coleman routinely stealing 90 to 100 bases a year or more. Canseco’s 40 wasn’t even good enough to crack the top 10 back then, while Ohtani is currently 2nd in MLB.