How much of base stealing is subconscious or instinctive?
If your fast you don t have to be the best base runner. If your fast and a good base runner its hard for the other team to stop you. Once on base, how long does it take you to get a read on a pitcher and know when to go? I led off at Louisville and typically the second batter would take one or two pitches to give me a chance to watch the pitcher. With a left-handed pitcher it takes a couple of pitches, but with a righty I m going on the first pitch. What do you look for? With different types of deliveries I look for different things. Sometimes I ll watch the catcher in warm-ups and maybe steal off of him. The count is a factor. If I know he is throwing something off speed it gives me a little more time. As a known base stealing threat, how can you help your teammate at the plate once you have reached base? From second base I can steal the signs from the catcher and relay them in. Who has taught you the most about base stealing? It s really something you do on your own. At Louisville we
