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Blue Jays: Interview with Kevin Smith – Part 2

Hayden Godfrey: Your scouting report notes that your prowess on the basepaths comes not from ridiculous speed – although you are really fast – but from choosing your spots well. When did you develop the ability to “pick your spots” well on the basepaths?

Kevin Smith: I think it was something I worked on at Maryland a lot. Coach Vaughn, Coach Szefc… they wanted us to be great on the basepaths and they thought that putting pressure on the defence and the pitcher would help out our offence as well.