If he tried it anywhere else other than a baseball diamond, he'd probably get arrested for stealing.
Might even get another charge of some sort for doing something completely and utterly dangerous and risky.
Because it was in fact a baseball game, his act of stealing was perfectly legal.
To some coaches, what he did was more of a work of art.
It was pretty cool to watch it happen, too.
When Dalane Lamb and his Yorkton Junior Cardinals took on the Yorkton Yankees, Lamb pulled off a huge steal and he made it look good.
The Cardinals' catcher, standing at third base, said he caught the catcher not-looking, and made him pay with some uber-agressive base-stealing.
The kind that would make any coach proud to say it was his player that did it.
It was "perfect" admits co-coach Gary Lamb.
Dalane Lamb stole home plate, tied the game at 4-4, too.
"It wasn't a squeeze," he told the paper. "I stole home (plate)." Lamb's Cardinals went on to win the game decisively in what turned out to be another gorgeous night for baseball. The fourth one in a row.
Last Sunday night in Melville was absolutely gorgeous weather for baseball. Two nights later in Yorkton, it was nice, too. The night after that, back in Melville was also really nice. This past Thursday night, the Yorkton Junior Cardinals played their fourth game in five nights.
It was beautiful for baseball-again.
"You want to have this kind of weather," said Gary Lamb, Cardinals co-coach. "It's perfect weather," he added following his Junior squad's fourth win in as many tries.
The team had just come of a 13-3 pounding of the Melville Bison senior squad, rounding out four straight games played under the South East Senior Baseball League play.
And for the second time in three evening's, they got the better of the Yorkton Yankees too.
The Juniors now have over a week and a half of down time before they get ready for the AAA Junior Provincials which they will host.
With four more wins under their belts, the Yorkton Cardinals continue to pound opponents with solid hitting, even more solid defence, and some very aggressive baserunning, provided by several players but most notably catcher Dalane Lamb who stole home plate in the second inning of Thursday's date with the Pinstripes.
In the club's final game of the week last week, he apparently got the go-ahead from Cardinal coaches to go when ready.
Lamb said he noticed that Yorkton Yankee catcher Derek Kohut wasn't paying attention to him and Lamb made it face-first to the plate before the ball did. The stolen base was timely for the Cardinals, tying the game at 4-4 in the game's second inning.
He gave the signal to his coach that he was quite ready to go ahead with one of the riskier plays one can make in the game, and it worked.
Lamb said he noticed that catcher Kohut likely wasn't ready for the play.
"The catcher wasn't really paying attention to me."
He added that making the play work, and look good, is all about timing.
"It's knowing when to goyou want to be 100 per cent sure," he added. Lamb added that he signalled to his third base coach (Brian Boechler) that he knew he could pull it off.
Coach Lamb said Dalane's baserunning was "perfect" and was an example of the type of play that can help to put up 10-11 runs in one game.
"It's making plays that lead to big innings," says coach Lamb. "He (Dalane) looked over and I just nodded.
Coach Lamb added that Dalane stole home plate and went for the suicide squeeze both in the same game that night.
Dalane Lamb finished the victory over the Yorkton Yankees going 3-5 at the plate, with a triple, stole home plate and four other bases for three runs.
Dane Kobylko went 2-3 at the plate, scoring two runs and was hit by a pitch, twice.
Dan Lamb went 2-3 at the plate, scored two runs and had two stolen bases.
Kent Larsen and Scott Sharp each went 2-4 at the plate and scored once. The pitching combination of Jayden Shwaga and Andrew Minchuk fared well for the Juniors. Shwaga got the win on six runs (five earned) through four innings of work, five hits and three strikeouts. Minchuk struck out four, closing out the final two innings of baseball.
It was Yorkton vs Yorkton in a battle that could potentially determine top spot in South East Senior Baseball League action (SESBL). It was the first of two meeting last week between two clubs that both call Yorkton home.
In the first matchup for both teams, the Jr. Cardinals got the better of the Yorkton Yankees in a 11-3 win.
It was much closer then the score would seem to indicate, offers Brian Trollope, head coach of the Junior squad.
His team held a 6-2 advantage heading into the sixth inning where the Cardinals broke it open, scoring four times
It was also the first of two games between the two clubs that would help determine who takes first place in the SESBL.
As for the 10-3 win, everything went well, says Trollope.
Matt Poier started on the mound against Mitch Datema for the Yankees, who gave up five runs in just under three innings of work, says Wade Karcha, manager of the Yorkton Yankees.
"My control was there," offered Poier, adding that he "didn't want to let off" once he got a lead. Poier managed three strikeouts through five full innings, facing Kurtis Chupa closed for the Yankees, allowing a single run off of two hits, and a couple walks. According to Karcha, he wasn't getting the run support needed.
"The Yankee bats were relatively silent as they managed only four hits in the game."
Kurtis Chupa closed out the game for the Yankees allowing only one run on two hits and two walks. The Yankee bats were relatively silent as they managed only four hits in the game, singles by Marshall, Jeff Bahrey, Jeremy Johnson, and Garrett Karcha. Yankee runs were scored by Bahrey, Marshall, Dallas Lechman and Derek Kohut. Kurt Karcha and Derek Kohut had one RBI each.
