In an ESPN Sport Science video on stealing bases, the host John Brenkus rattles off these stats for Major League Players:A runner with a leadoff of 12 feet (there are 90 feet between the bases) can reach second base in 3.5 seconds. The pitcher's windup takes .8 seconds and his pitch reaches the plate in .45 seconds. The catcher then gets off his through in an average time of .9 seconds. Throwing the ball at 90 mph it reaches second base in 1.1 seconds. The total of all this is 3.25 seconds, beating the runner by .25 seconds. In case you're wondering, the blink of an eye is about .20 secondsThis is why umpiring is so difficult. Here are some other facts mentioned in the video. If the runner can get just a .05 second jump (.05 seconds!) he will be successful. However, 05 seconds too late from the ideal. The advantage to the base runner is the "jump!" The advantage to the catcher--the most important part is the accuracy of his throw.1. To get things started, since we're talking baseball, a game invented here in the US, we will use feet per second for our speeds. Knowing that there are 5280 feet in a mile, and 3600 seconds in an hour, convert 15 mph to ft/s?2. How many feet are there between first and second base in Major League Baseball?A. 120 ftB. 100 ftC. 60 ft 6 inD. 903. In the base stealing video, the runner went from first to second base in 3.5 s. Using your calculation for 15 mph to ft/s, How many feet from second base was he when he started?