Some friends and I were talking about the insanity that is Carl Crawford and his 25 stolen bases. Are people running more often or is it just a few outliers throwing off our perspective.

I've talked to some ball players and they don't think there's much to it. But they didn't see today's box score: Mark Reynolds steals 4 bags.

Mark Reynolds? Really? Were the Marlins using a catcher? Look deeper, he's the only guy who ran? So what's going on…are the players right or is there really a running trend? If so that has major implications for players like Jose Reyes. As SBs become devalued, so does his stock.

Last year through April and May there were 1,407 SB attempts. This year there are 1,061 so far (as of May 19 stats). That's a projection of 1,471.

1,471 vs 1,407…that's not much of a difference, just 4|PERCENT|.

But through April last year there was no Carl Crawford, take out those guys and guess what? It's about in line.

Enough for the stats, here's some fun facts:

Carl Crawford is 25-0 on SB attempts. Rickie Henderson didn't even do that during is 1982 130 SB season. But to be record breaking Crawford has a long way to go. That honor belongs to Ichiro who's baged 45 straight twice (2006, 2007).

Crawford has stolen more bases than 16 ball clubs. Heck, he has more than the Brewers and the Braves combined (11, 9 respectively).