I'm just gonna go ahead and make this series all about Kenny Lofton.
The Old Schooler stole his 34th career postseason base Tuesday night, breaking Rickey Henderson's mark of most bags swiped in the playoffs.
Of course, that's bound to happen when you play baseball for 50 years, but a record's a record.
Lofton hit a two-out single to left-center for the Cleveland Indians in the fifth inning of Game 4 before stealing second on Boston Red Sox reliever Manny Delcarmen with Casey Blake at the plate.
Lofton, 40, has been around the baseball world and back and is batting .333 with six RBIs during the playoffs. Congratulations on your milestone, Kenny. We're sure it won't be your last.
The Tribe went on to win 7-3 and take a 3-1 lead in the American League Championship Series as Josh Beckett and C.C. Sabathia get set to face off when the Indians look to punch their ticket to the World Series this Thursday at 8pm ET at Jacobs Field.
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3 comments:
Where's the Old People tag smartypants?
All fixed, smartass.
Rickey Henderson is going to join the Rockies to have a head to head "steal-off" in the World Series...
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