May 14 -- RUNNING MAN

In a few weeks, the Phillies will be giving away a Shane Victorino hula figurine. Fitting, I suppose, since Victorino is from Hawaii. As I'm sure you've noticed, the Flyin' Hawaiian has been a terror on the bases lately. He has 14 steals, third in the NL behind Jose Reyes (21) and Juan Pierre (15). Last week in San Francisco, he stole two bases in three straight games.

That brings me to this stat, courtesy of Dave Smith, a Delaware resident, baseball historian and founder of retrosheet.org, an indispensable resource for any baseball writer (or fan). Dave tells me that a player has had two steals in three straight games only 27 times since 1957, and Victorino is the first player to do it since 1997. The only other Phillies player to do it is Bob Dernier in 1982. Here's the full list. Thanks, as always, Dave.

Victorino (2007), Omar Vizquel (1997), Kenny Lofton (1996), Tom Goodwin (1996), Deion Sanders (1995), Lou Frazier (1994), Otis Nixon (1990), Rickey Henderson (1988, twice), John Cangelosi (1983), Tim Raines (1983, three times), Dernier (1982), Steve Sax (1982), Raines (1981), Rodney Scott (1980), Gene Richards (1980), Willie Wilson (1979), Bert Campaneris (1972), Lou Brock (1971, twice), Campaneris (1969), Maury Wills (1965), Willis (1962), Wills (1960).