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Mark Reynolds – Folk Hero
October 4th, 2010
Oh nose, Mark Reynolds has struck out again
Now that the regular season is over, I can start to truly appreciate Mark Reynolds and his new record. No, it is not strikeouts in a season; he already holds that (223). Instead, Mark Reynolds became the first player in MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY to strikeout more times than his batting average. He finished the season with 211 whiffs while hitting a robust .198.
WHAT?!?!!?
Normally, guys who hit .198 don’t stay in the starting lineup for too long, let alone get 596 plate appearances, but Reynolds was a mainstay in the D’Backs starting nine all season. Add to that the staggering amount of K’s and one has to wonder if he has nude pictures of the Arizona ownership group as the reason for his everyday inclusion in the lineup. But Reynolds is a rare breed of player because despite his (beyond) weak average and his penchant for swinging and missing, the guy hits homeruns (32) and takes a decent amount of base on balls (83).
What Reynolds has become is the current president of the Three True Outcomes Club. Founded by Rob Deer, the Three True Outcome Club (TTOC) consists of players who either walk, strikeout or smack a homerun. Each result is dependent solely on the pitcher and batter; defense and speed play no factor. This season, Reynolds led the majors with 54% of his PA’s resulting in one of the three. He will most likely be hailed as a demigod among followers of the TTOC; I’m already a convert.
I don’t know what will come of Reynolds and his playing career, but he has already accomplished so much in so little time. He has the top three spots in strikeouts in a season, is the first to have more K’s than BA points, and oh, get this, he finished this season with more than twice as many K’s than hits.
Mark Reynolds, I salute you!
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Tags: Arizona Diamondbacks, Baseball, Homeruns, Mark Reynolds, Rob Deer, Strikeouts, Three True Outcomes, Walks | 
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Mr. Strasburg took the mound today against the Mets and had a bit of a rough outing, but we shouldn’t be surprised. The Metropolitans have a winning record and his counterpart on the mound. R.A. Dickey, was 6-1 coming into the game. As I’ve already shown, the Burger is winless versus +.500 teams/pitchers. He lasted only 5 innings and was on the hook for a loss until K-Rod bailed him out with a masterful 1/3 of an inning pitched (3 hits, 3 walks, 3 earned runs).
Strasburg is a talent, don’t get me wrong, but he is not worth all the money people are forking over his cards. So stop buying his cards for nutso prices and stop ripping all of the Allen & Ginter because I don’t want to pay crazy prices for packs. That is, if I can even find them. I just want to build a couple of the subsets, namely the Olympians and Wordsmiths sets (hint, hint).
Speaking of ripping some Allen & Ginter packs, I went to my local shop to do some trading and he happened to have one box left, so I snagged five packs. But before I get into what I got, I want to share this box topper the owner gave me…
The Hoover Dam! What better way to celebrate the 4th of July than with a giant card of the Hoover Dam?
AMERICA RULES! WE HAVE TAMED MOTHER NATURE! SUCK IT, WATER!
Okay, back to pack ripping. Tons have already been said about Allen & Ginter, so I won’t go into too much detail about the cards. I bought packs because I like the non-baseball cards. However, let me share a couple with you. In five packs, I pulled two jerseys. MOJO? I’ll let you decide…
Zzzzzz.
For baseball players, I really liked this card…
If only more of the cards were action shots. Unfortunately, they are mostly posed head shots like this…
(This card brought to you by Nike)
One of the great things A&G do is pay tribute to the Negro Leagues…
Win!
A did get a few non-sport cards. I prefer to pull something like this…
Than something like this…
I can’t think of ANY circumstances where Da Vinci should be in the same set as this dude. The only thing that could make this card awesome is if the dude was wearing a pair of Zubaz.
My favourite card I pulled was this…
Oh, and I did get one Wordsmith card to get me going on that set…
Here is a list of A&G I have to trade:
Base: 12, 15, 21, 29, 35, 44, 51, 74, 85, 90, 92, 102, 107, 134, 143, 159, 210, 217, 218, 244, 247, 283, 295, 307, 321,
Minis: 155 (A&G back), 157, 184, 302
Monsters of the Mesozoic: Allosaurus
This Day In History: 22, 24, 59, 62, 75
And those two jersey cards. I am looking for the Wordsmiths and the Lords of Olympus cards.
Okay, now onto the reason I went to the shop in the first place. The owner had some Presidents and Prime Minister cards from this year’s Champs set that I wanted, so I brought some hockey stuff to trade. End up getting these…
Lots of old white dudes. I am trying to build this, so if you have extras, hit me up.
I also ended up with these two cards…
I love me some Jozy Altidore even if he was a complete no-show at the Cup. And Heyward? Well, I have a man crush on him. I have him on my fantasy keeper team and when all is said and done, he’ll have a better career than Strasburg. Count on it.
Posted in Miscellaneous, Non-Sports, Rookie |
Tags: Allen & Ginter, Baseball, Soccer, Stephen Strasburg, Topps, Upper Deck |
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