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Lou Brock broke the career stolen base record on this date in 1979. The actual event was a bit messy, as Brock walked in the fifth inning, stole second, and scored when the Mets committed not one but two errors on the play. It meant that he didn’t have his Rickey Henderson moment of stealing the base, calling time, and pulling the bag out of the g…
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