Stealing is automatic in the basic game. I personally love it, but some do not. The master game due to be added to GO in the future does not have auto stealing and it is up to the player.
@TSBL It’s a great little house rule. Easy to do. Makes for a strategic decision. The home manager can only re-roll his own dice roll, though. (Otherwise he could simply negate a three-run homer by the visiting team.) Not sure the rule does enough to swing the home team to a 54% advantage on a game like APBA, but it sure can’t hurt.
Another reason I like pre 1969 and 1973 is pre 69 was before divisions and pre 73 was before DH. Plus less games/teams. So I am playing 1908 and 1960. I have started a 73 replay but only a few games. I will do that as a long term project. I forget to use a DH.