Before this season, Daniel Murphy had stolen nineteen bases in thirty attempts in his career, a more-harmful-than-good 63% success rate. This year, Murphy is 20-for-23 in stolen bases, a remarkable Carlos Beltran-like 87% success rate. Perhaps the Irish Hammer is faster than we thought.
This afternoon against the Phillies, Murphy took off from second base so quickly he momentarily outran the SNY cameraman:
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