Pinch runner as baseball position

[ru_linux_geek]

I recently went to back to back Mets games, despite little interest in professional sports. During the game, I thought that it might be useful to have a "designated runner", a player whose sole purpose is to pinch run in critical situations. Imagine you had an Olympic 100 meter gold medalist. How many bases could such a person steal

Comments

[certron]

What is even better is when you have an original idea and someone has already brought it to market...

For example, the solar powered car ventilation fan (thought up when I was a kid), and an inflatable mylar reflector ring for portable solar cooking.

I think the trick is to just keep thinking them up, and hoping something is patentable and/or profitable.

[dplass]

Stealing 33 bases in 100 games is actually successful, though.

[ru_linux_geek]

But he got caught stealing 17 times. I don't have the energy to find out what a good stolen base percentage is, but ~66% doesn't seem very hot.

[larrytc]

I'm late, but Moneyball said that 75% is about break even on the states for the most part. So ya.