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A track runner has only one thing to think about.  Bang-go.  A major league center fielder can't just go forward at the bang.  He has to go in some direction based on where he thinks the ball will go.  Which means that while a track runner has a start time of 0.1 or 0.15 seconds, a major league center fielder's start time varies as much as +/- half a second relative to the average...not all CFers are gifted enough to see the pitch, see the swing, and be off before the sound of the crack even reaches them.  Gutierrez is in motion before the camera even switches.  Cabrera is frequently stuck in his tracks even as the ball lifts over the infield.
And do you ever see a track star take off with the sound of the gun and misjudge the direction of the track, accidentally running backwards instead of forward with the other runners?  How many seconds do you suppose he'd lose to the other track stars if he took two steps the wrong way before turning and following his competitors?