Wahoo's on First » Features http://wahoosonfirst.com A Cleveland Indians Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 A Celebration of Mark Reynolds’ Swing http://wahoosonfirst.com/2013/04/25/a-celebration-of-mark-reynolds-swing/ http://wahoosonfirst.com/2013/04/25/a-celebration-of-mark-reynolds-swing/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:00:12 +0000 Merritt Rohlfing http://wahoosonfirst.com/?p=7762 Look at this swing.

Now this one.

When you’re done, this one.

One more time.

What do they all have in common? No, you’re not hallucinating and this isn’t a trick question, they all do in fact involve Mark Reynolds. Reynolds is one of the newest residents of Chief Wahoo’s longhouse (a teepee can’t fit a 40-man roster) and as I’ve already written, I’ve quickly come around to him. He doesn’t play defense anywhere above average, he doesn’t run the bases well, and he strikes out by the handful every series, but he swings the bat like it’s going out of style. He’s no Griffey, but the man can club the ball.

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