Baseball Prospect Is Probably The Fastest Man Alive

1. Meet Cincinnati Reds prospect Billy Hamilton.

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2. He's 22 years old and one of the top players in the minor leagues.

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3. But Hamilton has a problem.

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4. He's a kleptomaniac...

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5. Of bases.

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Here's Hamilton stealing home.

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Last season he stole 155 of them, to be exact, in only 132 games. He bested the 29-year-old minor league record by ten steals.

7. To put that number in perspective, Mike Trout led the majors last year with merely 49.

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8. And the MLB record for stolen bases in a season is 130. It's held by Ricky Henderson, who needed 149 games to accomplish that feat.

Granted, Henderson faced tougher competition.

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9. So ipso facto, Billy Hamilton is basically the fastest man in the world.

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Still don't believe us? Well, that's why we asked a few people know a thing or two about speed...

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