Quote from: ILLhoops1 on May 17, 2011, 02:36:59 PM
I think it is fair to say that Pudge would throw out 100% of DIII runners. Remember, Pudge also throws 95+ to second.
This is extreme hyperbole. Even major league catchers struggle to get into the 1.90 and below pop time range. You steal on pitchers just as much, if not more, than catchers. But even then, Pudge is not going to throw out everyone that runs on him in DIII. There are a lot of kids out there that are running sub 4.6 forty meter times. Those kids can run on anyone, at any level, if they are good base runners.
My guess is that IWU gets stolen bases attempted on them more is because their pitchers don't pay a ton of attention to the running game knowing that they have a good kid behind the plate to back them up.