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Baseball

kairos12

(13,243 posts) Mon Jun 5, 2017, 01:05 PM Jun 2017

First man to steal a base in 4 different decades was....

Ted Williams.

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First man to steal a base in 4 different decades was.... (Original Post) kairos12 Jun 2017 OP

Good trivia Hokie Jun 2017 #1

oh crap. tazkcmo Jun 2017 #2

Good point. I made an edit. Thanks. kairos12 Jun 2017 #3

No prob. tazkcmo Jun 2017 #4

Wow, Splendid Splinter?! Rickey was the man crauber_4242 Jun 2017 #5

Hokie

(4,298 posts)

1. Good trivia

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Mon Jun 5, 2017, 01:13 PM

Jun 2017

!930's -40s -50s and 60s I would guess. I would have never guessed Ted Williams. I would have guessed Ty Cobb or Willie Mays but they only played in 3 decades I suppose.

tazkcmo

(7,419 posts)

2. oh crap.

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Mon Jun 5, 2017, 01:25 PM

Jun 2017

I read that as nobody stole a base for 40 years until Williams did. I was thinking, wow, what a drought!

kairos12

(13,243 posts)

3. Good point. I made an edit. Thanks.

Reply to tazkcmo (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 5, 2017, 01:30 PM

Jun 2017

tazkcmo

(7,419 posts)

4. No prob.

Reply to kairos12 (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 5, 2017, 01:31 PM

Jun 2017

Wasn't a criticism but glad to help.

crauber_4242

(10 posts)

5. Wow, Splendid Splinter?! Rickey was the man

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Fri Jun 9, 2017, 11:53 AM

Jun 2017

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