Reds July 2023 thread

[CJD]

(07-10-2023, 11:18 AM)grampahol Wrote: Maybe next season the ASG will feature a stealing home derby..  I can't remember the last Reds player to steal home..

This is a compilation of "stealing home" plays and the Reds are featured in it twice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdahb4ioRfw

One is on a Brandon Phillips sacrifice bunt, 4:00 into the video. Guy on first base and Billy Hamilton is on third base, Phillips bunts to advance the runner to 2nd base. They throw him out and Hamilton, on a delay, runs home.

I don't think that's a true stolen base, more like a delayed reaction to the sacrifice, so that may be a technicality.

The other is Brandon Phillips on third base, 4:45 into the video. It looks like they attempted to do a suicide squeeze but the batter misses the ball. Then, they throw down to third base to pick Phillips off, and he just runs home and beats the throw back to the plate.

I wouldn't consider that a true stolen base either, as he was being picked off and just got away with it because of a bad throw by the third baseman.

So maybe this is the first "real" stolen home base in recent Reds history :)