No one in Major League Baseball has more stolen bases than Jose Reyes, the brilliant 23-year-old shortstop of the Mets, who has 48. No one has more triples (14). He ranks eighth in hits (137) and second in runs (94). When he gets on base, you believe he's going to score - which he does more than half the time. He plays a ranging shortstop and has a powerful arm from the third-base hole. He plays a bit recklessly, but he loves to play. He's the best young ballplayer to come along in a long time - actually one of two 23-year-old Mets who can claim that honor, a truly Amazin' verity. He smiles, he runs hard out of the box, he laughs at stupid jokes, invents crazy handshakes, and shakes off mistakes. Sitting here on an August Friday, Jose Reyes in a great baseball phenomenon to consider. He makes me smile.
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- Tom Watson is a journalist, author, media critic, entrepreneur and consultant who has worked at the confluence of media technology and social change for more than 20 years. This long-running blog is my personal outlet - an idiosyncratic view of the world. "My dirty life and times" is a nod to the late, great Warren Zevon because some days I feel like my shadow's casting me.
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