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Stealing home: a lost art in major league baseball: swiping a run was once a common offensive tool that created excitement for fans, but today it is rarity.
APPARENTLY FEW, IF ANY, HAVE noticed, but present-day fans are being short-changed of what is possibly baseball's most dramatic play, one surpassing even a game-winning home run for heart-pounding excitement.
Sure, a "walk-off" homer undeniably produces an exceptionally sensational and satisfying conclusion. But it wouldn't overstate the case to suggest that a game-winning theft of home could catapult suspense and sensory stimulation to an even higher level.
Not that it's likely to happen these days. Few players steal home any more at any point of a game, let alone in the ninth inning or later. Seldom does a runner on third base make an unexpected dash ...
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