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    • Thursday, May 16, 2013

    Washington Post: Boswell:  Reiser Offers Harper A Cautionary Tale

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    posted 3 days ago by Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship to injuries, nationals  |  11 comment(s)

    At age 22 in 1941, Reiser finished second for National League MVP. In just 137 games, he had 70 extra-base hits and led the league in runs (117), batting (.343), doubles (39), triples (17), total bases, getting hit by pitches and, if they’d kept track of on-base plus slugging back then, that, too (.964).

    He was as good in reality as Harper dreams of being.

    Then Reiser started running into walls. He never led the league in anything again, except stolen bases a couple of times….

    “In two ...

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    1. boteman posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:59 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    ESPN covers baseball???

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