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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
The cast of “Reno 911” receives reinforcements… Just two years ago, during a rookie season that ended in the National League Championship Series, Young hit 32 home runs and stole 27 bases. On April 8, 2008, he signed a five-year contract worth $28 million that secured Young’s place among the team’s core. He struggled early that season but finished with 22 home runs and 85 RBIs. The momentum stopped there.
Entering Monday, Young was hitting .194, the lowest average among those with enough at-bats to qualify for the NL batting title. Although he still is more than reliable with the glove, his power numbers aren’t the same - only seven home runs and 28 RBIs.
Chris Young even locked himself in the visitor’s dugout bathroom in Washington to avoid this, but alas…
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