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Interesting story from Yahoo's Tim Brown on Mark Reynolds, his strikeouts, and how he handles it. (Related to another Yahoo MLB story about the increase in Ks overall.)

5 months ago Me_-_sp_studio_tiny snakecharmer 8 comments 0 recs  | 

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Mark Reynolds

cares not for your “strikeouts”….

"In the future, I want to be a fossil. Or, at least have my feces be fossilized"
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 9, 2009 6:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Nice article

I’m always glad to see Mark get some attention for something other than holding the record or having a lot of errors.

And I didn’t realize how much he’d cut down his errors by. Sure, part of it is that he spent some time at first this season, but it’s still pretty impressive.

"I can't accept and won't concede that this is who we are..."

by kishi on Sep 9, 2009 6:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Actually,

I think Jim posted something not too long ago about his errors being inflated by his time at first. Like, his ratio of errors per inning was higher there than on the hot corner.

by Azreous on Sep 9, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

They are

But the article specifically mentions his errors at third- he’s got 17 at third this season, and 5 while playing first.

"I can't accept and won't concede that this is who we are..."

by kishi on Sep 9, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ah.

See kids, this is what happens when you don’t read the article before commenting.

by Azreous on Sep 10, 2009 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, Ks are better than double play balls

But, I also agree with some people (I’ve heard Grace and Sutton mention it) that, sometimes all it takes to score a run is to put the ball in play. Sometimes a grounder will score, sometimes they’ll make an error. But aside from those specific situations, I don’t mind his Ks.

Things ’Skins has in common with foulpole for 400, please. -- soco

by snakecharmer on Sep 9, 2009 6:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm sure

he’s smart enough to try and put it in play w/ a runner on 3rd and 1 out.

"In the future, I want to be a fossil. Or, at least have my feces be fossilized"
-Pygalgia

by DbacksSkins on Sep 9, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wonder

if perhaps he’ll ever really lower those K’s. It may be just wishful thinkin on my part, but with his game improving so much this year maybe not.

"Yeah I could have been king, but maybe I already am king. Hail to the king baby." Ash from Army of Darkness

by Turambar on Sep 9, 2009 8:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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