Re: Bench Reyes Sorry A__

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:05:05 -0400, Harlan Lachman
<hlachman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Getting picked off second with David Wright up and two on is
inexcusable. With Reyes' speed he could start taking his lead when the
ball has clearly left the pitchers hand and still score on a single.

As I posted before Reyes is getting picked off (especially on 2B) way
too high of an amount for a speedster. I've always been a fan of
speed and I never remember Ricky Henderson nor Vince Coleman got
picked off this much in their careers.

In Little League the coaches used to tell the speedsters that their #1
crime is to get picked off the bases. For one they are speedsters,
thus by definition they don't need a big lead to steal nor score,
that's why they are speedsters. #2 picked off is a real morale killer
for your team.

I guess Reyes never learned these Little League stuff.


Until a manager has the guts to sit his sorry ass down, pulling him out
of a game in front of everyone, this young man will not change.

At that, he might not have the necessities to improve anyway since most
HS players are smart enough to not get picked off second in this type of
situation. But enough of the quiet, thoughtful words of encouragement.

harlan

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