Taking a base with getting a hit. Example moving from 1st to 2nd without getting a hit
it is where you run with no hit
You can steal bases in baseball, but typically not first base.
He is out to steal a rare baseball card from Slugger's Keepsakes.
You cannot steal first base in baseball.
steal a base
What it mean in baseball (as well in softball) to steal is when the ball has been pitched you run to the next base. But you may have to run back because the ball was hit out of bounds. Another way to steal is when the ball was pitched and the catcher dropped it. Then again you run to the next base.
Just touch the runner on base.
i know 'pilfer a sack' comes from Baseball and to pilfer means to steal. So I'm guessing that to 'pilfer a sack' means to steal a base.
The word steal is both a verb and a noun.The noun 'steal' is a word for a thing purchased considerably below its real value; in baseball, a stolen base; a word for a thing.The noun forms for the verb to steal are stealer, one who steals, and the gerund (verbal noun) stealing.
It's baseball, and you are about to steal a base.
You rob a bank (with a baseball bat), and steal the money.
It's called a steal.