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March 06, 2007
Dodgers: Big sweat
Ran into Dennys Reyes today, the former Dodgers lefty whom I covered in Cincinnati. Actually, I didn't run into him. I went to the Twins clubhouse specifically to say hello, hoping he was back from a brief absence to be with his wife as she gave birth to the couple's third child last week. This is truly one of the great guys in the game, a guy who looks nothing like a professional athlete. He walks with a slight limp because he was born with one leg slightly longer than the other, and he always has a smile on his face. He won't even turn 30 until April 19, which is hard to believe because he has been in pro ball since 1994, and a year longer than that if you count 1993 with Mexico City. But he has made a nice career for himself as a situational lefty, proving there will always be jobs available for guys who can come out of the pen, get one or two left-handed batters out and then take a seat. I say good for him.
Posted by Tony Jackson at March 6, 2007 02:51 PM
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I got a Dennys Reyes autograph on a baseball along with much of the 1995 Great Falls Dodgers rookie ball team. It was one of my favorite baseball memories, seeing a game there in Great Falls Montana.
Posted by: Randy at March 7, 2007 11:04 AM