"Pirates' Manager Derek Shelton Leads Team to NL Lead in Stolen Bases and Secures Extension"
The Pittsburgh Pirates have become one of the best base-stealing teams in baseball, with 25 steals on the season, the most in the National League. Manager Derek Shelton credits the team's success to the amount of study and training the players and staff have put into the skill of running. First base coach/baserunning coach Tarrik Brock and strength coach Terence Brannic have been praised for the team's improvement. Brock says the biggest rule to getting a good jump is to avoid putting any hard rules on runners at all.