Catcher Humberto Quintero appeared in 43 games for the Royals in 2012. One night Quintero, who had one stolen base in the previous nine seasons, decided to go for his second career steal and was thrown out.
It was an easy decision to ridicule and people did.
But what we failed to notice was the pitcher had been called for a balk on his last pickoff attempt and the Royals felt Quintero could take a lead halfway to second and the pitcher still wouldn’t try to pick him off. Quintero was urged to take a huge lead, then break for second.