Kenny Lofton

[LoveThemCavs]

I know the guy isn't on the Indians anymore, but I still hold all the guys from those mid 90's teams close to heart. Kenny was as big a part of it as anyone. Anyways, during Opening day for the Dodgers yesterday, he got his 600th and 601st stolen base of his career. Here is the all time list, looks like he could end up passing Otis Nixon and George Davis this year. Congrats and best of luck to him.

1. Rickey Henderson 1406
2. Lou Brock 938
3. Billy Hamilton 912
4. Ty Cobb 892
5. Tim Raines 808
6. Vince Coleman 752
7. Eddie Collins 744
8. Arlie Latham 739
9. Max Carey 738
10. Honus Wagner 722
11. Joe Morgan 689
12. Willie Wilson 668
13. Tom Brown 657
14. Bert Campaneris 649
15. Otis Nixon 620
16. George Davis 616
17. Kenny Lofton (Active) 601
18. Dummy Hoy 594
19. Maury Wills 586
20. George Van Haltren 583

[GreenDemon]

Yeah I know what you mean about the mid 90's guys they just took us to a place we hadnt been in along time so most of us hold them in high regard. On that note Kenny was always a great outfielder and lead off man when he was here so it nice to see that he is still playing and still doing what he does best.

[B Mac]

Yup my absolute favorite player. I can still rattle off the batting order for every year in the mid-90's without even thinking about it. Those were special years.

[GreenDemon]

It really is hard to believe that it has already been 12 years since the '95 season and a decade since '97. Hoping for another 2 world series apperances in 3 years to close out the decade isnt to much to ask is it.

[jentoniodavis]

OMFG Ricky Henderson OWNS

[El Scorcho]

If Kenny had played 10 years earlier he would've had 20-30 more steals a year. He got his steals in an era dominated by the longball. The 1980's were the decade of the steal and I have no doubt he could have stolen 80-100 bases with the way teams ran back then.

Rickey Henderson was a freak that didn't really lose much speed until he was close to 40. Kenny was slowing down by the time he was 31 or 32.

[Icness]

The one thing that always bugged me about the 97 season, aside from Jose Mesa blowing the WS, was that Kenny wasn't on that team.

One of my favorite players when I was a kid was Tim Raines, and Kenny always reminded me of him: brash, fast, easygoing but you could see the burning intensity, flashes of power, great job roaming CF esp. going back to the wall.

We could just devote one of those ultra-threads to giving love to those teams from 94-99. I lived and died with those guys, as did most of Cleveland. The Game 7 of the 97 WS still holds the highest local-market Neilsen rating ever recorded--98.8% of all TVs in Cleveland were watching that game.