Charging the Mound: Where Are the Bags?

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From: "Christopher Liss"
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 5:51pm
To: "Jeff Erickson"
Subject: Charging

What a race in Y!F&F. There are six teams still in contention, and the categories in many cases are tight, particularly steals, something along with wins I can't buy of late. It was nice of Carl Crawford to shut it down for the year just when I needed a roster spot for Brett Anderson. But apart from that, I'm just not getting the bags I need from Cameron Maybin, Austin Jackson and Dustin Pedroia. It got so bad, I dumped Lorenzo Cain for Anthony Gose, figuring that Cain barely cracks my lineup, and Gose - when he starts - is as good a steals play as anyone besides Mike Trout.

Steals this year seem to be down generally. After Trout and Rajai Davis, Michael Bourn is third with only 33. Juan Pierre, an injured Dee Go

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