A Quote by Eamonn Coghlan
Runners in the western world have a tendency to create psychological barriers for themselves, but Morceli runs at will, with no inhibitions.
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Well, stealing bases adds some runs but very few, and you lose most of the runs that you gain by having runners caught stealing.
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