Harold Reynolds Says

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To Shohei Ohtani: "You like clothes?"

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"Max took that contract before anyone knew they were going to be a winning club."

[The Nationals were fresh off a 96-66 season and a division title when Scherzer signed with them.]

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"This reminds me of a law firm. Zimmerman-Gomes-Kendrick. I mean, that sounds like a law firm!"

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Harold on the 1994 strike: "What happened with that strike is that baseball became a business. [...] Players became numbers. With sabermetrics today, that's all they are today. Sabermetrics began with the strike." https://t.co/sbLtPieBvD

[Jerry Beach @JerryBeach73]

Rosenthal is trying to break news, do a live spot on MLB Network and deal with Harold Reynolds all at the same time. "It's for the reason I just said, Harold." He the real MVP.

[Tom @rambler0909]

@HReynoldsQuotes Today

Harold: “Juan Soto is the best hitter in baseball.”

Amsinger: “You mean WILL BE the best hitter in baseball.”

Harold: “No I mean right now, he’s the best.”

“What about Yelich? Trout, Bellinger...that’s three right there.”

Harold: “Yea...they’re pretty good.”

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"Who catches more fly balls in the big leagues than pitchers? I don't understand why they're afraid to put a pitcher [in the outfield] running around catching fly balls."

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Harold on the Dodgers' Jedd Gyorko acquisition: "They can send him down."

Dan O'Dowd: "They can't send him down. Not with service time."

Harold: "They can't? Well...they can if he accepts it."

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"I would love to see [the Angels] go get Zack Greinke. Why not?"

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"I'm with three sluggers right now, Mr. Springer, Mr. Trout, and Mr. Brantley. Yeah! I got those names right, didn't I?"

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(30 seconds later)

Amsinger: "Does Mike Trout look fat?"
Harold: "I never said he looked fat."

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Harold on why he dislikes the Angels' throwback uniforms: "They make the guys look fat."

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"If Cal Ripken goes into a game, plays four innings, gets hurt, streak's over!"

Greg Amsinger, dumbfounded: "No it's not, dude."

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Harold goes on a two-minute rant in response to this:

"Why? He went to the plate. ... That's garbage. Give him a trophy too, while we're at it."

"I'm not defending the Marlins. I'm defending BASEBALL."

"It IS a plate appearance. He got hit by the pitch! It's in the game!"

[Mark Bowman @mlbbowman]

Per MLB rules, because Acuna's only plate appearance resulted in him being hit by a pitch, his home run streaks will be intact when he returns to action.

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[On Sergio Romo] "I'm not gonna call him the opener. He's a starter. You don't open a game, you start a game."

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[On Rougned Odor] "I saw him in Seattle. Walked up to him and said, 'Don't punch!'"

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"The Giants are gonna win the NL West."

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To Jim Thome: "The 612 home runs didn't get you into the hall. It was the kindness. The niceness."

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Why didn't Edgar Martinez make the Hall of Fame, Harold?

"The tracking thing hurts... people start looking at it. I want to see it go away."

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"I love Hawaiian pizza."