MILWAUKEE -- It's not that Rockies manager Bud Black loves outs on the bases. It's that he likes the attitude that sometimes leads to them.
Through three games going into Thursday the Rockies led the Majors in outs on the bases with four, and were tied with many for tops in runners caught stealing with two. Oh, yeah. There was a pickoff.
But it becomes a true problem only if the Rockies become afraid of outs. Big leads, bigger secondary leads, the willingness to steal, the insistence on the extra base are all positives in Black's philosophy.