Cubs’ Ian Happ Had the Strangest Stolen Base of the MLB Season After Basically Stealing the Fielder’s Glove

We’ve never seen this before.

Andy Nesbitt | Apr 18, 2023

Cubs’ Ian Happ Had the Strangest Stolen Base of the MLB Season After Basically Stealing the Fielder’s Glove /

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Stolen bases in Major League Baseball are on the rise this year thanks to the new rules that are changing the way the game is played.

Cubs left fielder Ian Happ had a stolen base during Monday night’s game against the A’s and this thing could go down as the strangest swipe of the season. Not only did he steal the base, but he basically stole the fielder’s glove in the process.

Happ slid into second and appeared to be out, but then Tony Kemp’s glove got stripped away and the ump had to change his call.

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Now that is one weird way to steal a base.

Published Apr 18, 2023

ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.