Though he was regularly among the league leaders in stolen bases, he also developed a reputation for being inattentive and overzealous on the basepaths.
Studies of children who were reared in institutions have suggested that they are inattentive and overactive, no matter what quality of care they received.
It is particularly effective for those with the predominantly inattentive concentration type of attention deficit due to being primarily a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor.